Charles O. Perry

Charles Owen Perry (October 18, 1929, Helena, Montana, US – February 8, 2011, Norwalk, Connecticut, US) was an American sculptor particularly known for his large-scale public sculptures.

[2] Perry initially studied architecture at Yale University, graduating in 1958.

He then joined the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in San Francisco, where he continued to work as an architect until 1963.

On returning to the United States, Perry began to concentrate on designing public sculptures, with Continuum outside the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., being his most prominent work.

In his later years, Perry diversified into developing chair designs, jewelry, and a number of sculptural puzzles for the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian Institution.

Continuum (1976), bronze, National Air and Space Museum Washington, D.C. The sculpture is based on the twists of the Möbius strip with a void in the center representing a black hole .