Coronation Day, (sculpture).

Coronation Day, (sculpture).

Snelson, Kenneth D., 1927-2016, sculptor.

Coronation Day, (sculpture).

Dedicated April 1980.

Chromed steel on concrete base.

Approx. 20 x 20 x 20 ft.

An abstract, chromed steel sculpture resting on a flat concrete base. The work springs upward supported by three upright chrome steel tubes. Three additional upright tubes of similar proportions are suspended above these but offset in placement. Four tubes run parallel to each other in two sets positioned attached at 45 degree angles to one another. The tubes are connected by a web of steel cables.

Ceremony -- Coronation

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Buffalo

Administered by City of Buffalo, Buffalo Arts Commission, Department of Community Development, 920 City Hall, Buffalo, New York 14202

Located City Court Building, Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York 14202

Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $50,000 given in 1975 to the City of Buffalo.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, Buffalo survey, 1992.

Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.

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