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Charles Owen Perry

Charles Owen Perry (1929 - 2011) was active/lived in Connecticut, Montana / Italy.  Charles Perry is known for Geometric design public sculpture, architecture, jewelry design.

Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, by William Grimes, February 11, 2011:

CHARLES O. PERRY DIES AT 81 SCULPTOR INSPIRED BY GEOMETRY

Charles O. Perry, a sculptor who created dozens of mathematically inspired works for plazas and sculpture gardens throughout the United States and abroad and created Continuum, the knotted black Möbius strip that stands in front of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, died on Tuesday at his home in Norwalk, Conn. He was 81.

The cause was stomach cancer, his son Marco said.

Mr. Perry was an architect working for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in San Francisco when he began making sculptural models at night in a garage.  In 1964 his works were exhibited in a one-man show at the Hansen Gallery that sold out and earned him a commission from the city of Fresno.

That year he also won the Prix de Rome, an award that sent him to study sculpture at the American Acade   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4373 characters.]  Artist bio

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