List of public art in San Francisco

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.

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Title	Artist	Year	Location	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	Artist	Year	Location	Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner
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	Saint 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]
San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial	Steven Whyte	2017	Saint Mary's Square	37°47′30.51″N 122°24′16.15″W	Bronze		^[9]
Auspicious Clouds	Michael Arcega	2018	Chinatown–North Beach corridor		Stainless steel		San Francisco Arts Commission

Title	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″N 122°24′38.9″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″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^[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″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^[13]

Title	Artist	Year	Location	Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner
Bronze Sculpture	Gwynn Merril		200 California St.	37°47′36.74″N 122°23′55.82″W	Bronze	92 x 29 x 22 in.	^[14]
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^[15]
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^[16]
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^[17]
Monadnock Lion Heads	Charlie Brown	1986	Monadnock Building		Bronze		^[18]
Pacific Bird	Seymour Lipton	1964	Golden Gateway Center		Nickel silver & Monel metal	H. 84 in.	Golden Gateway Center^[19]
The Penguins	Beniamino Bufano	1967	Golden Gateway Center		Porphyry granite and stainless steel	103 x 37 x 32 in.	Golden Gateway Center^[20]
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.	^[21]
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^[22]
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^[23]
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^[24]
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^[25]

Title	Image	Artist	Year	Location	Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner
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^[26]
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^[27]

List of public art in San Francisco

Balboa Park

Civic Center

Chinatown

Embarcadero

Financial District

Fisherman's Wharf

Forest Hill, San Francisco

Golden Gate Park

Hayes Valley

Inner Sunset

Lake Merced

Lincoln Park

Mission District

Nob Hill

Noe Valley

North Beach

Parkmerced

Richmond District

Rincon Hill

San Francisco State University

SoMA

Tenderloin

Union Square

University of San Francisco

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Title	Artist	Year	Location	Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner
Beethoven	Henry Baerer	Original bust 1884, installed 1915	Golden Gate Park	37°46′10.52″N 122°28′4.4″W	Bronze	50 x 30 x 18 in.	San Francisco Arts Commission^[29]
Roald Amundsen	Sigvald Asbjornsen	ca. 1914-1920 or 1929	Golden Gate Park	37°46′11.76″N 122°30′37.56″W	Bronze	H. 2 1/2 x W. 2 1/2 ft.	San Francisco Arts Commission^[30]
Horse	Vet Anderson		Horseshoe Courts, Golden Gate Park	37°46′24.98″N 122°27′20.73″W	Concrete	144 x 224 x 24 in.	City of San Francisco^[31]
Horseshoe Pitcher	Vet Anderson		Horseshoe Courts, Golden Gate Park		Concrete	135 x 133 x 10 in.	City of San Francisco^[32]
Thomas Starr King	Daniel Chester French		Golden Gate Park	37°46′20.24″N 122°27′58.59″W	Bronze	H. 9 ft. x W. 4 1/2 ft.	San Francisco Arts Commission^[33]
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk	J. Matatka	1926	Golden Gate Park	37°46′16.53″N 122°28′15.42″W	Bronze	20 x 11 x 12 in.	San Francisco Arts Commission^[34]
Roman Gladiator	George Geefs	1881	Golden Gate Park	37°46′18.18″N 122°28′5.65″W	Bronze	100 x 36 1/4 x 33 in.	San Francisco Arts Commission^[35]
Young Girl	Jack Moxom	ca. 1939	Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park		Sandstone	4 ft. x 20 in. x 14 in.	San Francisco Arts Commission^[36]

Title	Artist	Year	Location	Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner
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^[37]
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^[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″N 122°27′35.72″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″N 122°27′32.07″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″N 122°29′37″W	Bronze	H. 12 ft.	San Francisco Arts Commission^[42]
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^[43]

Title	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″N 122°25′37″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″N 122°24′47″W	Gilded bronze	16 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 7 in. x 4 in.	Episcopal Diocese of California^[51]

Title	Artist	Year	Location	Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner
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^[56]
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^[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″N 122°23′35.77″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
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]