di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art maintains a permanent collection of works by Northern California artists that was originally collected by Rene di Rosa (1919-2010) and Veronica di Rosa  (1934–1991). The collection contains notable works by artists living or working in the San Francisco Bay Area from mid-twentieth century to the early twenty-first century, highlighting a story of experimentation of the artists of the region. It is displayed in part, on a rotating basis, in the galleries at di Rosa.

This page represents a just a portion of di Rosa’s rich permanent collection. Stay tuned as we continue to populate this page with artworks from our collection.

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All American Standard Miss

Painting

A cowgirl holding American flag and sitting on black horse, with mountains in background

100

Oil on Canvas

Painting

AR0100

Berkeley Gallery

Purchase

Richard Thorpe McLean

1968

Signature

Date

Recto, bottom right

McLean 68'

Pencil

Signature

Title

Date

Verso, top left

Richard McLean 'American Standard Miss' oil 1968'

Horses

Flag bearers

Object

60 in

60 in

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