Murphy Sculpture Garden

: 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.; 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, 1967. Photo by Joshua White.; 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.; 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, please fill out our online tour request form here, or call the education department at 310-443-7041 for assistance. Tour requests must be received one month prior to the date of the tour. For example, a tour on April 20th must be requested by March 20th. Groups must consist of no less than 10 persons, and no more than 40 persons.

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 built 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

Oliver Andrews. Architectural Sculpture,1966
Alexander Archipenko. Queen of Sheba, 1961
Jean (Hans) Arp. Fruit hybride dit la Pagode (Hybrid Fruit Called Pagoda), 1934, cast after 1949
Jean (Hans) Arp. Ptolemy III, 1961
Leonard Baskin. Prophet: Homage to Rico Lebrun, 1971
Fletcher Benton. Dynamic Rhythms Orange (Phase III), 1976
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle. Head of France, 1923
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle. Noble Burdens, 1910
Alberto Burri. Grande Cretto Nero, 1976-77
Deborah Butterfield. Pensive, 1996
Alexander Calder. Button Flower, 1959
Anthony Caro. Halfway, 1971
Aldo Casanova. Artemis of Ephesus, 1964-66
Lynn Chadwick. Encounter VIII, 1957
Leo Cherne. Ralph Bunche, 1958
Pietro Consagra. Difficult Dialogue, 1959
Sorel Etrog. Mother and Child, 1962-64
Sorel Etrog. War Remembrance, 1960-61
Claire Falkenstein. Point as a Set, No. 25, 1970
Eric Gill. Mulier, c. 1913
Robert Graham. Dance Columns I and II, 1978
Dimitri Hadzi. Elmo III, 1960
Dimitri Hadzi. Elmo V, 1959-61
Barbara Hepworth. Elegy III, 1966
Barbara Hepworth. Oval Form, 1962-63 (temporarily removed for conservation)
Richard Hunt. Why? 1974
Gaston Lachaise. Standing Woman, 1932
Henri Laurens. Autumn, 1948
Jacques Lipchitz. The Bather, 1923-25
Jacques Lipchitz. Song of the Vowels, 1931-32
Anna Mahler. Night, 1963
Anna Mahler. Tower of Masks, 1961 (currently not on view)
Aristide Maillol. Heroic Head, 1923
Aristide Maillol. Torso, c. 1938
Gerhard Marcks. Freya, 1950
Gerhard Marcks. Maja, 1941
Henri Matisse. Bas Relief I, 1909
Henri Matisse. Bas Relief II, 1913
Henri Matisse. Bas Relief III, 1916-17
Henri Matisse. Bas Relief IV, 1930
Joan Miro. Mère Ubu, 1975
Henry Moore. Two-Piece Reclining Figure, No. 3, 1961
Robert Müller. Altar, 1962-4
Reuben Nakian. La Chambre à coucher de l'Empereur, 1954
Isamu Noguchi. Garden Elements, 1962
George Rickey. Two Lines Oblique Down (Variation III), 1970-74
Giorgio Amelio Roccamont. Abstraction, 1963
Auguste Rodin. The Walking Man, 1905
Tony (Bernard) Rosenthal. Abstract Plaque, 1964
David Smith. Cubi XX, 1964
Francesco Somaini. Vertical-Absalom, 1959
Elden Tefft. Franklin D. Murphy, 1960
George Tsutakawa. Obos 69, 1969
William Tucker. Untitled, 1967
William Turnbull. Column, 1970
Vladas Vildziunas. The Bird Goddess, 1977
Peter Voulkos. Gallas Rock, 1960
Peter Voulkos. Soleares, c. 1959
Jack Zajac. Bound Goat, Wednesday, 1973
Jack Zajac. Ram Head with Broken Horn, VI, 1963
William Zorach. Victory, 1950
Francisco Zuñiga. Mother with Child at her Hip, 1979
Francisco Zuñiga. Reclining Nude, 1970

Installation of Robert Graham work (at Rolfe Courtyard - not part of the Sculpture Garden):

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

Sculpture at Perloff Hall:

Louis Henri Sullivan. Decorative Panel from the Gage Building,
Chicago, 1889-99

Sculptures at Murphy Hall:

Fritz Koenig. Votive S, 1963
Gordon Newell. Horizontal Form, 1970

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
Visit the UCLA Transportation & Parking website for current parking rates & fees here.

Parking for people with disabilities
Any UCLA visitor that has a DMV disabled placard will be provided with a parking permit and entrance into a lot for $4. 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.