id:			159327
accession number:	1996.12
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.12
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:29.846000

Brooklyn Bridge, 1980. Kenneth Snelson (American, 1927–2016). Gelatin silver print; image: 39.4 x 231.9 cm (15 1/2 x 91 5/16 in.); paper: 50.5 x 243.2 cm (19 7/8 x 95 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Wishing Well Fund 1996.12

title:				Brooklyn Bridge
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creation date:			1980
creation date earliest:		1980
creation date latest:		1980
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creditline:			Wishing Well Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Kenneth Snelson (American, 1927–2016)  - artist
Kenneth Snelson American, 1927- Photographer Kenneth Snelson is perhaps better known for his large-scale outdoor sculptures made of tubular steel and cable. Piqued by his father's trade in high-quality German cameras, his interest in photography began as a child. After studying at the University of Oregon (1946-48), Black Mountain College in North Carolina (where his teachers included Josef Albers, Buckminster Fuller, and Willem de Kooning, 1948-49), and the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology (1950), Snelson studied with Fernand Léger at the Académie Montmartre in Paris (1951). Upon his return, he worked as a cinematographer in order to pay for his sculpture. He began creating panoramic photographs in 1975 with the purchase of a Wide-Lux camera that allowed a 140 view. In 1983 he began using a Cirkut 16 camera, which produced negatives 40 centimeters x 3 meters in size and allowed a 360 view. Born in Pendleton, Oregon, Snelson has taught at Cooper Union, Pratt Institute, and the School of the Visual Arts in New York, and at Southern Illinois University and Yale University. He has received awards from the New York State Council on the Arts (1971), the National Endowment for the Arts (1974, 1975), a Deutsches Akademishes Austauschdienst (daad) Fellowship, Berlin (1975), the American Institute of Architects Medal (1981), an honorary doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1985), and the American Institute of Arts and Letters Award (1987).
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measurements: Image: 39.4 x 231.9 cm (15 1/2 x 91 5/16 in.); Paper: 50.5 x 243.2 cm (19 7/8 x 95 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black felt pen on recto: "K. Snelson 1980 5/15"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1996-11-24T05:00:00
	<i>Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."', 'opening_date': '1997-02-02T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 326
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” March 18, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4027

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