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This is a list of public art in San Francisco. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in a public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Transverse and Column | Carroll Barnes | 1977 | Muni Barn, Corner of Ocean & San Jose Ave, Curtis E. Green Metro Center | Cor-ten steel | 8 x 9 x 19 ft. | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[1] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Abraham Lincoln | Haig Patigian | 1926 | San Francisco City Hall | Bronze | H. 5 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission[2] | ||
Hiro II | Peter Voulkos | 1971 | San Francisco City Hall | Bronze | ||||
Hall McAllister | Robert Ingersoll Aitken | 1904 | San Francisco City Hall | Bronze |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Chinese Foo Dogs | Mary Erckenbrack | 1952 | 711 Pacific Ave., at the Ping Yuen Housing Project | 37°47′48.37″N 122°24′27.49″W | Terra cotta | 8 dogs; each 18 x 12 x 15 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[3] | |
Dr. Sun Yat-sen | Benny Bufano | 1937 | St. Mary's Square | 37°47′31.45″N 122°24′19.63″W | Stainless steel & rose granite | H. 12 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission[4] | |
Dragon Relief | Patti Bowler | 1969 | Broadway Tunnel | 37°47′50.03″N 122°24′40.71″W | Bronze | 9 x 56 x 2 1/2 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission[5] | |
Goddess of Democracy | Thomas Marsh | 1989 | Portsmouth Square | 37°47′41.66″N 122°24′19.31″W | Bronze & patina | 114 x 33 x 33 in. | [6] | |
Guardian | Bruce Beasley | 1992 | 600 California Street | 37°47′34.06″N 122°24′17.79″W | Bronze & patina | Two pieces. Part 1: approx. 13 ft. x 70 in. x 71 in.; Part 2: approx. 25 x 42 x 46 in. | [7] | |
Tot Lot | Mary Fuller and Robert P. McChesney | 1983 | Portsmouth Square | Concrete & glass | 86 in. x 30 ft. 7 in. x 25 ft. 9 in. | [8] | ||
Auspicious Clouds | Michael Arcega | 2018 | Chinatown–North Beach corridor | Stainless steel | San Francisco Arts Commission |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Aurora | Ruth Asawa | 1986 | 188 The Embarcadero | Stainless steel | ||||
Bay Bench | Steve Gillman | 1990 | Pier 7, bay side | Sunset red granite and bronze | 2 pieces. Approx. 1 ft. 5 in. x 8 ft. 4 in.; Bronze insert is approx. 6 ft. 6 in. square. | Port of San Francisco[9] | ||
Cupid's Span | van Bruggen and Oldenburg | 2002 | Rincon Park | Fiberglass and steel | 64 ft. x 143 ft. 9 in. x 17 ft. 3/8 in. | |||
Guardians of the Gate | Miles Metzger | 1991 | Pier 39 | 37°48′31.44″N 122°24′38.9″W | Everdur bronze | 4 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. x 5 ft. | Pier 39 Limited Partnership[10] | |
History of San Francisco | Anton Refregier | 1948 | Rincon Center lobby | 37°47′33″N 122°23′31″W | Mural, tempera on gesso | 27 panels, collectively 400 ft. × 6 ft. 9 in. | Hudson Pacific Properties | |
International Longshoreman's and Warehousemen's Union Memorial | Various artists | 1986 | Intersection of Mission Street & Steuart Street | 37°47′36.30″N 122°23′36.30″W | Welded steel, paint, concrete | 3 units. Sculpture: overall approx. 15 x 20 x 9 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission[11] | |
Mahatma Gandhi Statue | Zlatko Pounov and Steven Lowe | 1988 | In the plaza to the northeast of the San Francisco Ferry Building | 37.795°N 122.392°W | Bronze | 8 Ft | ||
Skygate | Roger Barr | 1985 | On the Embarcadero, between Pier 35 and Pier 39 | 37°48′29.07″N 122°24′29.15″W | Stainless steel, concrete footings | 27 ft. x 17 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[12] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Bronze Sculpture | Gwynn Merril | 200 California St. | 37°47′36.74″N 122°23′55.82″W | Bronze | 92 x 29 x 22 in. | [13] | ||
Dyonisos | Arman | 1988 | Federal Reserve Bank Building | 37°47′40″N 122°23′58″W | Bronze | 89 x 39 3/8 x 22 3/4 in. | Pacific Property Services[14] | |
Hermes | Arman | 1988 | Federal Reserve Bank Building | 37°47′40″N 122°23′58″W | Bronze | 87 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. | Pacific Property Services[15] | |
Horse | Marino Marini | 1967 | One Maritime Plaza | 37°47′45.69″N 122°23′55.7″W | Bronze | 43 1/2 x 64 x 17 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[16] | |
Monadnock Lion Heads | Charlie Brown | 1986 | Monadnock Building | Bronze | [17] | |||
Pacific Bird | Seymour Lipton | 1964 | Golden Gateway Center | Nickel silver & Monel metal | H. 84 in. | Golden Gateway Center[18] | ||
The Penguins | Beniamino Bufano | 1967 | Golden Gateway Center | Porphyry granite and stainless steel | 103 x 37 x 32 in. | Golden Gateway Center[19] | ||
Puddle Jumpers | Glenna Goodacre | 1989 | Transamerica Redwood Park | 37°47′41.88″N 122°24′6.84″W | Bronze | 78 x 152 x 48 in. | [20] | |
Standing Figure, Knife-Edge | Henry Moore | 1962 | One Maritime Plaza | Bronze | 15 ft. x 3 1/2 ft. x 1 ft. 4 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[21] | ||
Transcendence | Masayuki Nagare | 1968-1969 | 555 California Street | 37°47′32.86″N 122°24′14.51″W | Polished Swedish black granite | 13 ft. x 19 ft. 6 in. x 25 ft. 3 in. | Shorenstein Properties and Bank of America[22] | |
Two Open Rectangles Eccentric Variation VII Triangle Section | George Ricket | 1977 | Sydney Walton Square | 37°47′51.6″N 122°23′57.27″W | Brushed stainless steel, tin base | H. 20 ft. x W. 10 ft. | Garden Gateway Center[23] | |
Untitled | Marie-Rose Henri | 1979 | Engine House 13 | 37°47′44.64″N 122°24′5.31″W | Braised-pounded copper | 5 ft. x 7 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission[24] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Andrea | Ruth Asawa | 1968 | Ghirardelli Square | 37°48′21.61″N 122°25′21.01″W | Bronze, concrete, cobblestones | Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft. 6 in., Diam. 10 ft. 6 in.; Base (three steps:) approx. H. 2 ft. 2 in., Diam. 28 ft. | Ghirardelli Square Associates[25] | |
Saint Francis de la Varenne | Benny Bufano | 1928 | Corner of Taylor & Beach St. | 37°48′26.78″N 122°24′50.52″W | Carved granite | 15 x 10 x 2 1/2 ft. | San Francisco Bay Area Longshoreman's Memorial Association & Warehouseman's Union[26] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Florence Nightingale | David Edstrom | 1936-1937 | Laguna Honda Hospital | 37°44′51.93″N 122°27′26.24″W | Cast stone, stucco | 90 x 36 x 24 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[27] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Balanced-Unbalanced: Balanced-Unbalanced T | Fletcher Benton | 1980 | Davies Symphony Hall | 37°46′38.85″N 122°25′12.16″W | Steel & enamel | 161 1/4 x 130 x 134 in. | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[36] | |
Large Four Piece Reclining Figure | Henry Moore | 1972 | Davies Symphony Hall | 37°46′41.16″N 122°25′12.16″W | Bronze | H. 6 1/2 x W. 4 ft. x D. 13 1/2 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission[37] | |
Untitled | Sidney Gordin | 1969 | Davies Symphony Hall | Bronze | 8 ft. 5 in. x 5 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 3 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[38] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Bear | Benny Bufano | ca. 1930s | UCSF Medical Center | 37°45′46.85″N 122°27′35.72″W | Cast granite | 6 ft. x 30 in. x 7 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission[39] | |
Bear and Cubs | Benny Bufano | 1968 | UCSF Medical Center | 37°45′47.56″N 122°27′32.07″W | Granite | 5 ft. x 30 in. x 40 in. | University of California, San Francisco[40] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Captain Juan Bautista de Anza | Julian Martinez (sculptor) | 1967 | Lake Merced | 37°43′42.01″N 122°29′37″W | Bronze | H. 12 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission[41] | |
Penguin's Prayer | Benny Bufano | 1976 | Lake Merced | 37°42′47.29″N 122°29′7.32″W | Granite | 17 ft. x 70 in. x 70 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[42] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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The Thinker | Auguste Rodin | 1924 | California Palace of the Legion of Honor | 37°47′5.11″N 122°30′1.7″W | Bronze | 78 x 51 x 52 3/4 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[43] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Balmy Alley | Las Mujeres Muralistas and other local artists | 1972[44] | Between 24th Street and Garfield Square. | 37°45′06″N 122°24′45″W | Paint | |||
Clarion Alley Murals | Clarion Alley Mural Project | 1992[45] | Between 17th and 18th streets, and Mission and Valencia streets | 37°45'46.8"N 122°25'14.3"W | Paint | |||
Father Junipero Serra | Arthur Putnam | 1909 | Mission San Francisco de Asís | 37°45′50.57″N 122°25′37″W | Cast stone | H. 6 ft. 6 in. | Archbishop of San Francisco[46] | |
Golden Fire Hydrant | M. Greenberg's Sons created the original hydrant. Painted with a fresh coat of gold paint each April 18 by the community.[47] | First honored after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Dedicated 1966 | On the southwest corner of 20th and Church streets | 37°45'29.0"N 122°25'40.8"W | Cast iron and gold paint | 3 ft. tall | ||
Miguel Hidalgo Statue | Juan F. Olaguibel. | 1962[48] | Mission Dolores Park | 37°45'34.6"N 122°25'38.1"W | Bronze on a marble base with a brass plaque |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Bret Harte Memorial | Jo Mora | 1919 | Bohemian Club | Bronze | 3 ft. 3 7/8 in. x 7 ft. 11 5/8 in. x 2 1/2 in. | Bohemian Club[49] | ||
Doors of Paradise (after Lorenzo Ghiberti) | Bruno Bearzi | 1964 | Grace Cathedral | 37°47′31″N 122°24′47″W | Gilded bronze | 16 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 7 in. x 4 in. | Episcopal Diocese of California[50] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Outdoor Wall Mosaic | Lois Anderson | 1987 | Douglass Dog Park | Tile, glass, found objects | 37 x 33 x 1 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[51] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Guglielmo Marconi Memorial Plaque | Raymond Puccinelli | 1938 | Lombard St. & Telegraph Hill Rd. | 37°48′12.81″N 122°24′23.33″W | Bronze | D. 3/4 in. x Diam. 30 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[52] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Peace | Benny Bufano | 1939 | 37°42′53.19″N 122°28′33.21″W | Granite, tile, stainless steel | H. 26 1/2 ft. x Diam. 10 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission[53] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Louis Pasteur | Harriet G. Moore | 1984 | French Campus of Kaiser Permanente's San Francisco Medical Center, 4131 Geary | Bronze | 23 x 16 x 12 in. | French Heritage Alliance[54] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Andrew Furuseth | Hal Bayard-Runyon | 1940 | Sailors Union of the Pacific Building | 37°47′11.28″N 122°23′34.02″W | Bronze | approx. 24 x 20 x 16 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[55] | |
Harry Lundeberg (1901-1957) | E. Hunt | 1957 | Sailors Union of the Pacific Building | 37°47′11.19″N 122°23′33.65″W | Bronze | 30 x 24 x 24 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[56] | |
Smile | John Seward Johnson II | 1957 | 201 Spear St. | Bronze | 5 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. | Compass Management and Leasing[57] | ||
Tau | Roger Berry | 1974 | 160 Spear St. | 37°47′29.94″N 122°23′35.77″W | Stainless steel | H. 6 ft. x D. 5 ft. | Vintage Properties[58] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Granite Nude Torso | Benny Bufano | 1934 | San Francisco State University | Granite | 41 x 23 x 15 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[59][60][61] | ||
St. Francis | Benny Bufano | 1938 | San Francisco State University | Red marble | 34 x 37 x 22 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[62] | ||
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Redding School, Self-Portrait | Ruth Asawa | 1984 | Alfred Boeddeker Recreation Center | 37°47′3.71″N 122°24′42.9″W | Reinforced concrete | 4 ft. x 16 1/2 ft. x 2 1/4 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission[64] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain | Ruth Asawa | 1969-1970 | Grand Hyatt San Francisco | Bronze | H. 90 in. x Diam. 193 in. | Hyatt[65] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
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Rev. Anthony Joseph Maraschi, S. J. | Harriet G. Moore | 1985 | University of San Francisco | Bronze | 22 1/2 x 21 x 13 in. | University of San Francisco[66] | ||
Tides | Yoko Kubrick | 2019 | University of San Francisco | 37.77851, -122.4519 | Marble | H 48 x 55 x 53 in | University of San Francisco[67] |
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