Six Number Two

Six Number Two
Artist	Kenneth Snelson
Year	1967
Type	Stainless Steel
Dimensions	253.0 cm× 252.7 cm× 252.7 cm(99 5⁄8 in× 99 1⁄2 in× 99 1⁄2 in)

Last updated February 22, 2019

Six Number Two is a stainless steel sculpture by Kenneth Snelson.

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Kenneth Duane Snelson was an American contemporary sculptor and photographer. His sculptural works are composed of flexible and rigid components arranged according to the idea of 'tensegrity'. Snelson preferred the descriptive term floating compression.

It is located at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Solomons, Maryland,^[1] on loan from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.^[2]

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Coordinates: 38°20′44″N76°27′09″W / 38.3456°N 76.4526°W / 38.3456; -76.4526

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