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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 [10] | ||
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″N122°24′38.9″W / 37.8087333°N 122.410806°W | Everdur bronze | 4 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. x 5 ft. | Pier 39 Limited Partnership [11] | |
History of San Francisco | Anton Refregier | 1948 | Rincon Center lobby | 37°47′33″N122°23′31″W / 37.79250°N 122.39194°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″N122°23′36.30″W / 37.7934167°N 122.3934167°W | Welded steel, paint, concrete | 3 units. Sculpture: overall approx. 15 x 20 x 9 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission [12] | |
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″N122°24′29.15″W / 37.8080750°N 122.4080972°W | Stainless steel, concrete footings | 27 ft. x 17 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [13] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrea | Ruth Asawa | 1968 | Ghirardelli Square | 37°48′21.61″N122°25′21.01″W / 37.8060028°N 122.4225028°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 [26] | |
Saint Francis de la Varenne | Benny Bufano | 1928 | Corner of Taylor & Beach St. | 37°48′26.78″N122°24′50.52″W / 37.8074389°N 122.4140333°W | Carved granite | 15 x 10 x 2 1/2 ft. | San Francisco Bay Area Longshoreman's Memorial Association & Warehouseman's Union [27] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Florence Nightingale | David Edstrom | 1936-1937 | Laguna Honda Hospital | 37°44′51.93″N122°27′26.24″W / 37.7477583°N 122.4572889°W | Cast stone, stucco | 90 x 36 x 24 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [28] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balanced-Unbalanced: Balanced-Unbalanced T | Fletcher Benton | 1980 | Davies Symphony Hall | 37°46′38.85″N122°25′12.16″W / 37.7774583°N 122.4200444°W | Steel & enamel | 161 1/4 x 130 x 134 in. | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art [37] | |
Large Four Piece Reclining Figure | Henry Moore | 1972 | Davies Symphony Hall | 37°46′41.16″N122°25′12.16″W / 37.7781000°N 122.4200444°W | Bronze | H. 6 1/2 x W. 4 ft. x D. 13 1/2 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission [38] | |
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 [39] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bear | Benny Bufano | ca. 1930s | UCSF Medical Center | 37°45′46.85″N122°27′35.72″W / 37.7630139°N 122.4599222°W | Cast granite | 6 ft. x 30 in. x 7 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission [40] | |
Bear and Cubs | Benny Bufano | 1968 | UCSF Medical Center | 37°45′47.56″N122°27′32.07″W / 37.7632111°N 122.4589083°W | Granite | 5 ft. x 30 in. x 40 in. | University of California, San Francisco [41] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Captain Juan Bautista de Anza | Julian Martinez (sculptor) | 1967 | Lake Merced | 37°43′42.01″N122°29′37″W / 37.7283361°N 122.49361°W | Bronze | H. 12 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission [42] | |
Penguin's Prayer | Benny Bufano | 1976 | Lake Merced | 37°42′47.29″N122°29′7.32″W / 37.7131361°N 122.4853667°W | Granite | 17 ft. x 70 in. x 70 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [43] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Thinker | Auguste Rodin | 1924 | California Palace of the Legion of Honor | 37°47′5.11″N122°30′1.7″W / 37.7847528°N 122.500472°W | Bronze | 78 x 51 x 52 3/4 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [44] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balmy Alley | Las Mujeres Muralistas and other local artists | 1972 [45] | Between 24th Street and Garfield Square. | 37°45′06″N 122°24′45″W | Paint | |||
Clarion Alley Murals | Clarion Alley Mural Project | 1992 [46] | 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″N122°25′37″W / 37.7640472°N 122.42694°W | Cast stone | H. 6 ft. 6 in. | Archbishop of San Francisco [47] | |
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. [48] | 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 [49] | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 [50] | ||
Doors of Paradise (after Lorenzo Ghiberti) | Bruno Bearzi | 1964 | Grace Cathedral | 37°47′31″N122°24′47″W / 37.79194°N 122.41306°W | Gilded bronze | 16 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 7 in. x 4 in. | Episcopal Diocese of California [51] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outdoor Wall Mosaic | Lois Anderson | 1987 | Douglass Dog Park | Tile, glass, found objects | 37 x 33 x 1 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [52] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guglielmo Marconi Memorial Plaque | Raymond Puccinelli | 1938 | Lombard St. & Telegraph Hill Rd. | 37°48′12.81″N122°24′23.33″W / 37.8035583°N 122.4064806°W | Bronze | D. 3/4 in. x Diam. 30 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [53] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peace | Benny Bufano | 1939 | 37°42′53.19″N122°28′33.21″W / 37.7147750°N 122.4758917°W | Granite, tile, stainless steel | H. 26 1/2 ft. x Diam. 10 ft. | San Francisco Arts Commission [54] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 [55] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Furuseth | Hal Bayard-Runyon | 1940 | Sailors Union of the Pacific Building | 37°47′11.28″N122°23′34.02″W / 37.7864667°N 122.3927833°W | Bronze | approx. 24 x 20 x 16 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [56] | |
Harry Lundeberg (1901-1957) | E. Hunt | 1957 | Sailors Union of the Pacific Building | 37°47′11.19″N122°23′33.65″W / 37.7864417°N 122.3926806°W | Bronze | 30 x 24 x 24 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [57] | |
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 [58] | ||
Tau | Roger Berry | 1974 | 160 Spear St. | 37°47′29.94″N122°23′35.77″W / 37.7916500°N 122.3932694°W | Stainless steel | H. 6 ft. x D. 5 ft. | Vintage Properties [59] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Granite Nude Torso | Benny Bufano | 1934 | San Francisco State University | Granite | 41 x 23 x 15 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [60] [61] [62] | ||
St. Francis | Benny Bufano | 1938 | San Francisco State University | Red marble | 34 x 37 x 22 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [63] | ||
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tau | Roger Berry | 1984 | 160 Spear Street | Stainless steel | Overall approx: H. 6 ft. x D. 5 ft.; Circular disc: approx. D. l ft. 2 in. with approx. diam: 8 ft.; Base: approx. H. 1 ft. 4 in. | Vintage Properties [64] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Redding School, Self-Portrait | Ruth Asawa | 1984 | Alfred Boeddeker Recreation Center | 37°47′3.71″N122°24′42.9″W / 37.7843639°N 122.411917°W | Reinforced concrete | 4 ft. x 16 1/2 ft. x 2 1/4 in. | San Francisco Arts Commission [65] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain | Ruth Asawa | 1969-1970 | Grand Hyatt San Francisco | Bronze | H. 90 in. x Diam. 193 in. | Hyatt [66] |
Title | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 [67] | ||
Tides | Yoko Kubrick | 2019 | University of San Francisco | 37.77851, -122.4519 | Marble | H 48 x 55 x 53 in | University of San Francisco [68] |
The Grand Hyatt San Francisco is a skyscraper hotel located half a block north of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The 36-storey, 660 room 108 m (354 ft) tower was completed in 1972, as the Hyatt on Union Square and renamed the Grand Hyatt San Francisco in 1990.
Two Lines Oblique Down, Variation III is a kinetic artwork by American artist George Rickey and located at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The sculpture was made in 1970, and it is constructed from stainless steel.
Kay Sekimachi is an American fiber artist and weaver, best known for her three-dimensional woven monofilament hangings as well as her intricate baskets and bowls.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)