Public Art at the University of California, Los Angeles

This page presents public sculptures, fountains and murals at the University of California, Los Angeles. Do not reproduce information from this site without acknowledgement of the artists and their works, or of the authors of this site.

Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden

• Oliver Andrews, Architectural Sculpture, 1966. Another view. Bronze and welded steel, painted. Gift of Michael J. Connell Memorial Fund, 1966.
• Alexander Archipenko, Queen of Sheba, 1961. Gift of Donald Hl Karshan and an anonymous donor, 1967.
• Jean Arp, Fruit hybride dit la pagode (Hybrid Fruit Called Pagoda), 1934. Bronze. Gift of Mrs. David E. Bright, 1967.
• Jean Arp, Ptolemee III (Ptolemy III), 1961. Bronze. Gift of the Hal Wallis Family, 1968.
• Leonard Baskin, Prophet: Homage to Rico Lebrun, 1971. Bronze. Given in honor of Dr. Franklin D., Murphy by Michael Hall, Esq., 1977.
• Fletcher Benton, Dynamic Rhythms Orange (Phase III), 1976. Bronze. Gift of Frederick Weisman, Inc., in memory of Linda Van Ronkel Simon, 1977.
• Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, Noble Burdens, 1911. Bronze. Gift of the B. G. Cantor Art Foundation.
• Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, Tete de la France (Head of France), 1923. Bronze. Gift of Gerald Cantor, 1968.
• Alberto Burri, Grande Cretto Nero, 1976-1977. A detail of the work. Fired ceramic. Gift of the artist, 1977.
• Deborah Butterfield, Pensive, 1996. Bronze. In memory of Franklin D. Murphy, a close friend of Marcia Simon Weisman. Given by the Marcia Simon Weisman Foundation with special thanks to the artist, 1997.
• Alexander Calder, Button Flower, 1959. Sheet steel, painted. Gift of David E. Bright, 1967.
• Anthony Caro, Halfway, 1971. Mild steel, painted. Gift of Ted and Jarma Bensinger, 1973.
• Aldo Casanova, Artemis of Ephesus, 1966. Bronze. Gift of Nathaniel and Margaret Wentworth Owings Foundation, 1967.
• Lynn Chadwick, Encounter VIII, 1957. Bronze. Gift of Mrs. David E. Bright, 1967.
• Leo Cherne, Ralph Bunche, 1958. Bonze. Gift of the artist. In front of Bunche Hall.
• Pietro Consagra, Colloquio duro (Difficult Dialogue), 1959. Bronze relief. Gift of David E. Bright, 1967.
• Sorel Etrog, War Remembrance, 1960-61. Another view. Bronze. Gift of Anna Bing Arnold, 1965.
• Sorel Etrog, Mother and Child, 1962-1964. Bronze. Gift of David E. Bright, 1967.
• Claire Falkenstein, Point As a Set no. 25, 1970. Copper. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Spitzer, 1970. In front of the Public Policy building.
• Eric Gill, Mulier, 1912. At the entrance to the Young Research Library. Portland stone. Gift of the Michael J. Connell Memorial Fund, 1965.
• Robert Graham, Dance Column I and Dance Column II, 1978. Bronze. Gift of Carol and Roy Doumani, 1980.
• Dmitri Hadzi, Elmo III, 1960. Bronze. Gift of the Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles, 1975.
• Dmitri Hadzi, Elmo V, 1959-1961. Gift of Julianne Kemper.
• Barbara Hepworth, Elegy III (Hollow Form with Color), 1966. Bronze. Gift of Jean and Irving Stone, 1975.
• Barbara Hepworth, Oval Form (Trezion), 1962-63. Bronze. Gift of David E. Bright, 1967.
• Richard Hunt, Why?, 1974. Given in memory of Samuel Nerlove.
• Gaston Lachaise, Standing Woman, 1932. Bronze. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Caplan, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Winston, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter McC. Maintland, 1968.
• Henri Laurens, Automne (Autumn), 1948. Bronze. Gift of David E. Bright, 1967.
• Jacques Lipchitz, Baigneuse (The Bather), 1923-25. Bronze. Gift of David E. Bright, 1967.
• Jacques Lipchitz, Le chant des voyelles (The Song of the Vowels), 1931-32. Bronze. Gift of the UCLA Art Council and Mr. and Mrs. Norton Simon, 1963.
• Anna Mahler, Night, 1963. Marble. Gift of Anna Bing Arnold, 1965.
• Anna Mahler, Tower of Masks, 1961. Gift of Anna Bing Arnold, 1962.
• Aristide Maillol, Tete heroique (Heroic Head), 1923. Bronze. A Gift in memory of Mary E. Freiberg from her family, her friends, and members of the UCLA Art Council, 1968.
• Aristide Maillol, Torso, c.1938. Bronze. Gift in honor of Franklin D. Murphy from Henry Ford II, 1976.
• Gerhard Marcks, Maja, 1942. Bronze. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner and the UCLA Art Council, 1970.
• Gerhard Marcks, Freya, 1949. Bronze. Gift of the UCLA Art Council in honor of Franklin D. Murphy, 1968.
• Henri Matisse, Bas Relief I (1909). Bronze. Gift of Michael J. Connell Memorial Fund, 1967.
• Henri Matisse, Bas Relief II (1913). Bronze. Gift of the UCLA Art Council Fund, 1966.
• Henri Matisse, Bas Relief III (1916-17). Bronze. Gift of the UCLA Art Council through the generosity of Mrs. Robert E. Gross and Mrs. Charles E. Ducommun, 1966.
• Henri Matisse, Bas Relief IV (1930). Bronze. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney F. Brody in honor of the UCLA Art Council, 1966.
• Joan Miro, Mere Ubu, 1975. Bronze. Gift of the UCLA Art Council in honor of the Thieves Market Volunteers, 1976.
• Henry Moore, Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 3, 1961. Another view. Bronze. Gift of David E. Bright, 1967.
• Robert Muller, Autel (Altar), 1962-64. Iron, painted. Gift of David E. Bright, 1967.
• Reuben Nakian, La chambre a coucher de l'empereur (The Emperor's Bedroom), 1954. Bronze. Gift of Marcia and Frederick Weisman, in honor of Franklin D. Murphy, 1977.
• Isamu Noguchi, Garden Elements, 1962. Bronze (set in aggregate concrete), Gift of the UCLA Graduating Class of 1967.
• George Rickey, Two Lines, Oblique, Down (Variant III), 1970-1974. Stainless steel. Gift of the UCLA Art Council, 1971.
• Giorgio Amelio Roccamonte, Abstraction, 1963. Bronze. Gift of Mrs. David E. Bright, 1969.
• Auguste Rodin, L'homme qui marche (Walking Man), 1905. Bronze. Gift of the UCLA Alumni Association and an anonymous donor as a tribute to Franklin D. Murphy, 1966.
• Tony (Bernard) Rosenthal, Abstract Plaque, 1964. Welded sheet bronze. Gift of David E. Bright. 1967.
• Richard Serra, T.E.U.C.L.A., 2006. Acquired through the generosity of the Broad Foundation.
• David Smith, Cubi XX, 1964. Welded stainless steel. Gift of David E. Bright, 1967.
• Francesco Somaini, Verticale-Assolonne (Vertical Absalom), 1959. Iron. Gift of Mrs. David E. Bright, 1969.
• Elden Tefft, Franklin D. Murphy, 1960. Bronze. Gift of Judith H. Murphy, 1969.
• George Tsutakawa, Obos 69, 1969. Silicon bropnze. Gift of the Michael J. Connell Memorial Fund, 1969.
• William Tucker, Untitled, 1967. Steel, painted. Gift of the Michael J. Connell Memorial Fund, 1969.
• William Turnbull, Column, 1970. Stainless steel. Gift of Frederick Weisman Company in honor of Nancy M. Berger, President of UCLA Art Council (1979-1980), 1980.
• Vladas Vildziunas, The Bird Goddess, 1977. Bronze. Gift of the Lithuanian Alumni, Faculty and Friends of UCLA, 1977.
• Peter Voulkos, Gallas Rock, 1960. Another view. Terra cotta. Gift of Julianne Kemper, 1973.
• Peter Voulkos, Soleares, c. 1959. Terra cotta. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Rex, 1972.
• Jack Zajac, Bound Goat, Wednesday, 1973. Bronze. In memory of Gabriel Mekler, 1942-1977. Donated by Adam, Ariel, and Joan Mekler, Oscar and Judith Mekler, Mani Mekler and Alett Mekler, 1977.
• Jack Zajac, Ram Head with Broken Horn, VI, 1963. Bronze. Gift of the UCLA Art Council in memory of David E. Bright, 1967.
• William Zorach, Victory, 1950. Another view. Bronze. Gift of the Michael J. Connell Memorial Fund, 1965.
• Francisco Zuniga, Desnudo reclinado (Reclining Nude), 1970. Another view. Bronze. Gift of Elsie Browning Ballantyne in memory of her mother Rachel Teresa Browning, 1975.
• Francisco Zuniga, Madre con nino en la cadera (Mother with Child at Her Hip), 1979. Bronze. Gift of Lisa and Ernest Auerbach, 1980.

  Bibliography of Resources:

  • Cynthia Burlingham and Elizabeth Shepherd. In the Sculptor's Landscape; Celebrating Twenty-five Years of the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden.. Los Angeles, CA: Wight Art Gallery and the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA, 1993.
  • Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, University of Southern California Los Angeles. An Annotated Catalogue of the Collection. rev. ed. Los Angeles, CA, 1984.

Rolfe Hall Courtyard

Gift of Roy and Carol Doumani. All sculptures by Robert Graham

• Olympic Torso (Female), 1983
• Olympic Torso (Male), 1983
• Study for Column III (Debbie), 1988 (Duke Ellington Memorial )
• Study for Column II (Lisa Ann), 1988 (Duke Ellington Memorial )
• Stephanie and Spy, 1980-81.
• Fountain Figure III, 1983
• Untitled (Lise), 1977
• Study for Column I (Neith), 1988 (Duke Ellington Memorial)
• Sasha, 1993
• Fountain Figure I, 1983
• Lori, 1986

Perloff Hall (Architecture Department Building)

• Harriet Frishmuth, The Vine, 1923. Sold in 2004.
• Louis Sullivan, Gage Building facade panel, 1896-1898.

Murphy Hall

• Founders Rock, 1946.
• Fritz Koenig, Votive S., 1964. Bronze. Gift of Robert W. Sarnoff, 1976.
• Gordon Newell, Horizontal Form, 1970. Bronze. Gift of Elisabeth Roblee Augerson in memory of Florence Allen Roblee, 1970.

• Mary Blair, mural, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Medical center.
• Richard Haines, mosaics on Schoenberg Hall
• Richard Haines, mosaics on Knudsen Hall of Physics
• Elaine Wittert Marienthal, mural, 1966. School of Dentistry.
• Meleko Mokgosi, Head of Woman III, Broad Art Center.
• Terry Schoonhoven, SPQR, 1975. Bunche Hall.
• Howard Warshaw, Mural, 1970. Reed Center building.
• Joseph Young, mosaics on the Mathematics Building
• Black Experience, 1970, Ackerman building.
• Darryl Marr, Asian American History Mural, 1993, Campbell Hall.

• Peter Mayor, Folded form No. 6, 1984.
• Susan Titelman, Sun Disk, 1966.
• Patriciu Mateescu, Crazy Love Flower, 1980.
• Unknown, Chaise (lounge) sculpture, no date.

Luskin conference center (selections)

• Laddie John Dill, Sierra Lake Reflection, 1995.
• Sorel Etrog, Ritual Head.
• Sorel Etrog, Venetian.
• Dimitri Hadzi, Thebes III.
• Roger Herman, Yellow Building, 1987.
• Roger Herman, Tree, 2000.
• Avram Kahn, Building a Structure that can Barely Support its Own Weight, 2017.
• Astrod Preston, Eugenia's Dance, 2008.
• Vasa, Untitled, 1980.
• Jack Zajac, Skull and Horn.

Other

• Lita Albuquerque, Neurological Research Institute.
• Miki Benoff, Anthropomorphic Echoes, 1984.
• Fletcher Benton, Steel Watercolor: Indian 15, 1992. Near Westwood Plaza and the Anderson School of Management.
• Blair Buswell, John R. Wooden, 2012.
• Billy Fitzgerald, Bruin Bear, 1984. Bruin Walk.
• Christopher Georgesco, Splits Radiation, 1977. Near the central ticket office.
• Robert Graham, Model for the Duke Ellington Memorial, 1988. Near Schoenberg Hall.
• Bill Gregory and Wes Hironaka under the direction of Charles Oakley, Fountain, gift of the class of 1989. Completed in 1995. Top of Janss Steps, between Powell Library and Royce Hall.
• Jackie Robinson monument, 2014. Jackie Robinson Athletics & Recreation Complex.
• Jere Hazlett, Inverted Fountain, 1968. Near Knudsen Hall.
• Brad Howe, Mobile sculpture, Medical Center.
• Larry Kagan, It's Got Rhythm, 2015. Herb Alpert Music Building, South Court.
• Robert Glenn Ketchum, Choose Joy, Medical Center.
• Jacques Lipchitz, Jules Stein, 1963. Two identical bronze busts, Jules Stein Eye Institute.
• Eliseo Mattiacci, L'occhio del cielo (Eye of the Sky), 2005. Gift of the artist, Italian Culture Institute & Intelligence Research Group. North side of Royce Hall.
• Henry Moore, Oval with Points, 1968. Johnson Comprehensive Career Center.
• Gwynn Murrill, Eight Birds, meditation garden near the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
• Harold Pastorius, Model with Thrust, 1984. Johnson Comprehensive Career Center.
• Auguste Rodin, L'Eternel Printemps, Johnson Comprehensive Career Center.
• Sy Rosenwasser, La Famiglia, 1994. David Geffen School of Medicine.
• Victor Salmones, Force, 1979. James West Alumni Center.
• Kisfaludi Strobl, The Archer, 1920. Situated between the MacDonald and Gonda buildings.
• Rick Tschudin, stained glass, 1976. North Campus cafe.
• Vasa, untitled, Faculty center.
• The Kingdom of Heaven is Within (Blind Boy). Doris Stein Eye Research Center.
• Light Work, Institute for Informatics.
• Stained Glass, Medical Research building, east of the Irma and Norman Switzer Plaza.

• Reuben Ramot, Untitled, 1977. North Campus Commons. Work was removed from public display in 2020.