# Interlocking Forms

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Sculpture in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Interlocking Forms Artist Donald Wilson Year 1977 (1977) Type Sculpture Condition "Treatment needed" (1993) Location Portland, Oregon, United States 45°31′12″N 122°40′37″W / 45.51996°N 122.67701°W / 45.51996; -122.67701

***Interlocking Forms*** is an outdoor 1977 [Indiana Limestone](/source/Indiana_Limestone) sculpture by Donald Wilson, located in [downtown](/source/Downtown_Portland) [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon).

## Description and history

Plaque for the sculpture

*Interlocking Forms* is an [abstract](/source/Abstract_art) geometric sculpture by Donald Wilson, who intended to create "just a human kind of presence in its relation to human beings in the environment".[1][2] It is made of [Indiana Limestone](/source/Indiana_Limestone) and measures approximately 60 inches (1.5 m) x 18 feet (5.5 m) x 6 feet (1.8 m). The piece was commissioned by [TriMet](/source/TriMet) for $25,000; twenty percent of the funds came from TriMet and eighty percent came from the [United States Department of Transportation](/source/United_States_Department_of_Transportation).[1] It was originally installed in the Transit Mall in 1977, along with ten other sculptures, to make the area "more people oriented and attractive".[2] Its condition was deemed "treatment needed" by the [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution)'s "[Save Outdoor Sculpture!](/source/Save_Outdoor_Sculpture!)" program in October 1993.[1] In 2008, it was relocated to the intersection of Southwest 5th Avenue and Southwest Washington Street as part of the Portland Mall Revitalization Project.[2]

## See also

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

- [1977 in art](/source/1977_in_art)

- *[Holon](/source/Holon_(sculpture))* (1978–1979; re-carved 2003–2004), another Portland sculpture by Wilson

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SI_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SI_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-SI_1-2) ["Interlocking Forms, (sculpture)"](http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!320922~!0#focus). [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141006101215/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!320922~!0#focus) from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-PAA_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-PAA_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-PAA_2-2) ["Interlocking Forms"](https://www.publicartarchive.org/art/Interlocking-Forms). Public Art Archive. Retrieved October 4, 2013.

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