© Estate of Kenneth Snelson
Currently not on view
Northwood II,
1970
Kenneth Snelson, 1927–2016; born Pendleton, OR; died New York, NY
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Deceptively simple in appearance, Northwood II is in fact a complex, engineered system of weights and counterweights. Three pairs of parallel steel bars, identical in length, are held together by wire cables, creating a delicate push-pull tension. Although the work comprises a minimal number of components, each part is necessary for the whole to exist.
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Title
Northwood II
Dates
1970
Maker
Medium
Stainless steel
Dimensions
248 x 310 x 310 cm. (97 5/8 x 122 1/16 x 122 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, Princeton University
Object Number
y1969-16
Signatures
Unsigned
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
- Patrick Joseph Kelleher, Living with Modern Sculpture: the John B. Putnam, Jr., Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 1982)., p. 112-115 (illus.)
- Jane McCarthy and Laurily K. Epstein, A guide to the sculpture parks and gardens of America, (New York, NY: Michael Kesend Pub., 1996).
- Karin Dienst, ed., Sculpture of Princeton University: including works from the John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Published by the Office of Communications, in association with the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004)., p. 8-9 (illus.)
