# Changing Form

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Steel sculpture in Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Changing Form Artist Doris Totten Chase Medium Steel sculpture Location Seattle, Washington, U.S. 47°37′46″N 122°21′36″W / 47.629497°N 122.359922°W / 47.629497; -122.359922

***Changing Form*** (also known as ***Kinetic*** and ***Volumetric Space Frame***)[1] is an abstract [steel](/source/Steel) [sculpture](/source/Sculpture) by artist [Doris Totten Chase](/source/Doris_Totten_Chase), installed in the center of [Seattle](/source/Seattle)'s [Kerry Park](/source/Kerry_Park), in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)).[2] The sculpture was given by Mr. and Mrs. Kerry's three children, and stands 4.6 meters (15 ft) tall. Since installation in 1971, the sculpture has been popular among photographers using it to frame the Seattle [skyline](/source/Skyline) or Mt Rainier, and children crawling around its smooth, black curves.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SI_1-0)** ["Changing Form, (sculpture)"](https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!15030~!0#focus). [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190219020126/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!15030~!0#focus) from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PAA_2-0)** ["Changing Form"](https://www.publicartarchive.org/art/Changing-Form). *Public Art Archive*. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Rahner, Mark. ["Doris Chase, celebrated artist, divided career between Seattle and New York"](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008563472_chaseobit27m.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110628193348/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008563472_chaseobit27m.html) 2011-06-28 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). *[The Seattle Times](/source/The_Seattle_Times)*. 27 December 2008.

## External links

- [Visual arts portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Visual_arts)

- [Changing Form by Doris Chase – Seattle, WA](http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMKBB_Changing_Form_by_Doris_Chase_Seattle_WA) at Waymarking

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