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Murphy Sculpture Garden
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Gerhard Marcks
Maja
1941
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner and the UCLA Art Council, 1970. Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles. Photo by Joshua White.
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August Rodin
The Walking Man
1905
Bronze, H: 83.75. Given by the UCLA Alumni Association and an Anonymous Donor as a tribute to Franklin D. Murphy, 1966. Photo by Joshua White.
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David Smith
Cubi XX
1964
Welded stainless steel. H: 111 in. Gift of David E. Bright, 1967. © Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo by Joshua White.
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Jean (Hans) Arp
Fruit hybride dit la Pagode (Hybrid Fruit Called Pagoda)
1934
Bronze, H: 37.25 in. Edition:3/3. Gift of Mrs. David E. Bright, 1967. © 2000 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Reproduction, including downloading of Arp, Miró and Calder works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden
One of the most distinguished outdoor sculpture collections in the country, the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden spans more than five acres in UCLA's campus with over 70 sculptures by artists such as Jean Arp, Deborah Butterfield, Alexander Calder, Barbara Hepworth, Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Auguste Rodin, and David Smith.
To schedule a tour of the Sculpture Garden, please contact Sue Yank at 310-443-7041 or syank@hammer.ucla.edu.
History
The Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden was dedicated in 1967, after the first acquisitions were installed, including eleven works from the estate of David E. Bright. The Sculpture Garden features over seventy sculptures by artists such as Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Claire Falkenstein, Barbara Hepworth, Gaston Lachaise, Jacques Lipchitz, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Auguste Rodin, David Smith and Francisco Zuñiga, bringing together figural and abstract works and illustrating many approaches to sculpture. More
Franklin D. Murphy
When Dr. Franklin D. Murphy arrived in Los Angeles in 1960 to become UCLA's third chancellor, the university had just begun to develop the northeast sector of its rising four-hundred-acre site; by the time Murphy left eight years later, some 4.5 precious acres of the new and densely build north campus had been transformed into a parklike setting for some of the finest sculpture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Recalling his travels through the plazas and gardens of Europe, Murphy firmly believed that works of art are most thoroughly enjoyed when they are a part of daily life. The chancellor's love of art and abiding belief that a gracious physical environment could have a positive influence on the learning process guided all aspects of the garden's development and design.
Ralph D. Cornell
Ralph Cornell, who served as supervising landscape architect at UCLA from 1937 until his death in 1972, translated Murphy's ideas into a space that combines the distinctive flora of Southern California with the pleasant informality of a modern American campus. Tripartite in plan, the garden includes a formal plaza paved in brick, a walkway or allee formed by a triple row of South African coral trees, and an informal sloping lawn transected with curving textured pathways and dotted with Brazilian jacarandas, California sycamores, and eucalyptus. Informal seating areas and open lawns were designed to invite passersby to pause and enjoy the interplay of art and nature.
Artists/Sculptures
Installation of Robert Graham work (at Rolfe Courtyard - not part of the Sculpture Garden):
Sculpture at Perloff Hall:
Sculptures at Murphy Hall:
Getting There
From the 405 freeway, exit Sunset and go east several blocks.
Turn right at Hilgard Avenue.
Turn right on Wyton Drive.
Drive straight until you reach the Parking Information kiosk, where you can purchase parking.
Map of UCLA
Sculpture Garden is located in area C
Parking
Parking is available in Lot 3
General parking costs $7
Parking for people with disabilities
Any UCLA visitor that has a DMV disabled placard should go to the Parking Information kiosk to be provided with a parking permit and entrance into a lot at no charge. The visitor is required to display the disabled placard along with the permit provided by the information booth. Visitors with a disabled placard are also allowed to park at the meters at no charge provided the disabled placard is visibly displayed.
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