Beniamino Bufano Return to All Artists
1898-1970
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"Bear and Head"
Photo:  Barbara Bernstein
 
"Bear and Head"
1935
Sunnydale Housing
Sculpture, black granite
64" long x 3' wide
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: In front of Administration Building
Placed here 1945
Photo:  Barbara Bernstein
 
"Frog"
1942
Aquatic Park Bathhouse (Maritime Museum)
Sculpture, black granite
22"w x 32"l x 16"h
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: Bay-side promenade
"Head of St. Francis"
Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
 
"Head of St. Francis"
San Francisco State University
Sculpture, granite
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: Main quadrangle, near walkway between Business and Student Center
"Louis Pasteur"
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
 
"Louis Pasteur"
1940
San Rafael High School
Sculpture, stainless steel and red granite
6' tall
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: Grove outside entrance to Auditorium
Photo:  Barbara Bernstein
 
"Seal"
1942
Aquatic Park Bathhouse (Maritime Museum)
Sculpture, brown granite
20"w x 49"l x 42"h
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: Bay-side promenade
"St. Francis on Horseback"
Photo:  Barbara Bernstein
 
"St. Francis on Horseback"
1935
Westside Courts
Sculpture, Black granite
8' long x 6' high
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: Central courtyard
Placed here in 1945
"Sun Yat-Sen"
Photo:  Barbara Bernstein
 
"Sun Yat-Sen"
1937
St. Marys Square
Sculpture, stainless steel and granite
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: West side of square
Animal sculptures
Photo:  Barbara Bernstein
 
Animal sculptures
Valencia Gardens
Sculpture, granite
Largest about 8' x 4'5"
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: Courtyard at end of Maxwell Court
Had been temporarily housed at Randall Museum
Cat and Mouse
Photo:  Barbara Bernstein
 
Cat and Mouse
Valencia Gardens
Sculpture, granite
2 sculptures, each about 4'x 2'
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: Community Center entry hall
Had been temporarily housed at Randall Museum
Male Torso
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
 
Male Torso
1939
San Francisco State University
Sculpture, granite
4' tall
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: Courtyard between HHS and Business buildings
The Penguins
Photo:  Barbara Bernstein
 
The Penguins
1937
Maritime Plaza
Sculpture, porphyry granite
about 11' high
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: courtyard where Davis Street dead-ends
Made for and originally installed at Aquatic Park