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Needle Tower
ArtistKenneth Snelson
Year1968 (1968)
TypeAluminum & Stainless steel
Dimensions1,800 cm (60 ft × unknown ft × unknown ft)
LocationHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates38°53′16.4″N 77°1′20.99″W / 38.887889°N 77.0224972°W / 38.887889; -77.0224972
OwnerSmithsonian Institution

Needle Tower is a public artwork by American sculptor Kenneth Snelson located outside of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., United States.[1]

  1. ^ Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (2008). "Needle Tower, (sculpture)". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Smithsonian. Retrieved 7 January 2010.

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