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Introduction and Summary

Whimsical bronze figures, some approximately one and one-half feet high, some smaller, were placed in the courtyard of the' newly constructed Sacramento federal courthouse building, the “public egress,” as part of the artwork commissioned by the Government Services Administration (GSA). In a scene parallel to the theme of Back to the Future III, one of these figures depicts a Native American snapping a photograph of other figures on a public bench, a tourist-like pioneer immigrant and a friendly Native American. The photographing figure was placed in the courtyard itself, some distance from the wall and bench where the pioneer immigrant et al. statuettes were placed. The floor area of the courtyard where the figure was placed contained pavers upon which the public ingress and egress. Nothing else is raised on the pavers except for this figure (and others). In what can only be termed profound irony, a visitor to the federal building (who had worked on the terrazzo floors in the courthouse) was taking a photograph of his wife in the courtyard, when upon backing up for a better shot, he tripped over the figure, itself simulating taking a picture, and…