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Snelson, Kenneth D.,
Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Company,
Colonial Machine Company,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sculpture
Forest Devil, (sculpture).
Artist:
Snelson, Kenneth D., 1927-2016, sculptor.
Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Company, fabricator.
Colonial Machine Company, fabricator.
Title:
Forest Devil, (sculpture).
Dates:
1977.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: stainless steel and aircraft cable.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 15 x 30 x 210 ft.
Description:
Thirty-foot long composition of hollow steel tubes joined to one another by cables.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 78.11
Located Mellon Square Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Made for the 1977 Three Rivers Arts Festival "Sculpturescape." Purchased through the special fund-raising effort of the Women's Committee of the Museum. Alleghany Ludlum Steel Corporation gave stainless steel. Inscription on nearby plaque reads: FOREST DEVIL, 1977/KENNETH SNELSON (AMERICAN BORN 1927)/STAINLESS STEEL AND AIRCRAFT CABLE/COLLECTION MUSEUM OF ART, CARNEGIE INSTITUTE/GIFT OF THE WOMEN'S COMMITTEE/OF THE MUSEUM OF ART,/ALLEHENY LUNDLUM STEEL CORP.,/PITTSBURGH - DES MOINES STEEL CO.,/AND COLONIAL MACHINE CO. For related article see: Pittsburgh Press, Nov. 20, 1977, Roto section.
References:
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 78.
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1990.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0164, 1989.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 117.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 64480046
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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