R-Evolution, Marco Cochrane's 32,000-pound stainless-steel figure at Embarcadero Plaza, is listed on Sotheby's as "available for immediate sale" — no asking price disclosed — as its permit expires and the plaza heads toward an October renovation closure.

She arrived at Embarcadero Plaza in April 2025 on a temporary permit: a 45-foot nude woman in stainless-steel mesh, 16 motors in her chest cavity simulating breathing between 5 and 6 p.m. daily, nightly lit. That permit was extended through March 2026. The plaza itself is slated to close for renovation in October. R-Evolution, the monumental figure by Petaluma sculptor Marco Cochrane, is now listed on Sotheby's as "available for immediate sale," price upon request.

The sculpture weighs roughly 32,000 pounds and was assembled from powder-coated steel rod and tubing on the interior and stainless-steel mesh on the exterior — 55,000 welds in all. It is the third and final piece in Cochrane's Bliss Project trilogy, with dancer and singer Deja Solis as the model for all three works. R-Evolution debuted at Burning Man in 2015, spent the winter of 2023–24 on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, and came to San Francisco last spring after her originally planned site — Union Square — was ruled out on structural grounds. The SF Arts Commission approved the Embarcadero installation 11 to 1 in March 2025; the sole dissent, from Commissioner JD Beltran, raised concerns about the abbreviated process. Because the installation was classified as temporary and privately funded, it bypassed the standard two-week public comment period; just three public emails were received before the vote.

That private funding came from the Sijbrandij Foundation — started by GitLab co-founder Sytse "Sid" Sijbrandij — which covered the roughly $300,000 installation cost as part of its Big Art Loop program, a citywide initiative to place around 100 sculptures across San Francisco. The Foundation's model is to lease artworks, not own them. Legal title to R-Evolution appears to remain with Cochrane; neither he nor anyone associated with the piece has issued a public statement explaining the Sotheby's listing or what kind of institution or collector they're hoping will answer the "price upon request."

Cochrane's second Bliss Project figure, Truth Is Beauty, found a permanent home at the San Leandro Tech Center. R-Evolution — more than twice the height — has been in motion for a decade: the Nevada desert, Miami Beach, the Embarcadero. The Sotheby's listing shows Petaluma as its location, which is Cochrane's studio; the sculpture is physically still at 1 Market Street. She still breathes at dusk, for now.