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    		• Snelson, Kenneth D.,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Easy Landing, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Snelson, Kenneth D., 1927-2016, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Easy Landing, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1976. 1978. Installed Dec. 1977. Dedicated Jan. 29, 1978.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: stainless steel; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 24 x 72 x 50 ft.; Base: approx. H. 13 ft. x Diam. 24 in. (9,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture constructed of stainless steel compression tubes strung together with tension cables. The mass of cantilevered cables and tubes is put together with screw fastenings and is perfectly balanced on top of three concrete columns.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Baltimore, Development Corporation, 36 South Charles Street, Suite 1600, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
    Located Inner Harbor, Promenade in front of Maryland Science Center, Light Street & Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland
    Remarks: 
    In late December 1977, hundreds of individual pieces for the sculpture arrived in the Inner Harbor and the sculpture was assembled on site while visitors watched over a period of twelve days. The artist was assisted by several Mary Institute College of Art students, and a cherry picker to reach to the higher sections. The artist calls the piece a structural sculpture that has to do with how things are put together with tension and compression, a pulling and pushing, which work together to create a stable balance of forces. The sculpture cost $150,000 and was selected by the Charles Center-Inner Harbor Advisory Committee on Public Works of Art. IAS files contain related articles from the News American (Baltimore, MD), Dec. 12, 1977; The Sun (Baltimore, MD), Dec. 10, 1977 and Jan. 30, 1978; and The Baltimore Sunpapers Magazine, Jan. 29, 1978. The inscription on a nearby marker reads: Easy Landing/by Kenneth Snelson/Commissioned by the/City of Baltimore/William Donald Schaefer, Mayor/Dedicated January 29, 1978.
    References: 
    Freudenheim, Leslie M., "Baltimore's Public Art," Baltimore: Scheidereith & Sons, 1980.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1992.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Freudenheim, Leslie M., "Baltimore's Public Art," Baltimore: Scheidereith & Sons, 1980, cover.
    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 87800001
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