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.
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Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite
Photograph
Imogen Cunningham peering around tree at nude Twinka Thiebaud
134
Gelatin silver print
Imogen Cunningham
Twinka Thiebaud
Photographic Art
AR0134
Grapestake Gallery
Purchase
Judy Dater
1974
Signature
Recto, lower right
Graphite
Framed
16 in
13-3/4 in
1-1/2 in
Object
8 in
10 in
Yosemite National Park
California
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Friday, April 14, 2023 - Sunday, August 27, 2023, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa
Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham
May 11 - August 28, 2022, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times (Part 1)
January 27 - Sunday, May 27, 2018, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa
The Butterfly Effect: Art in 1970s California
September 17 – December 30, 2016, Palo Alto Art Center
Looking at You Looking at Me: Artwork from the di Rosa Collection
October 29, 2011 – February 11, 2012, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa
From Seen and Unseen at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art: Dater directed her subjects to create a scene around the theme of voyeurism. The idea had captivated her since childhood when she came across Thomas Hart Benton's 1939 painting, Persephone. "I carried around that image in my head for years and did several different photo versions ...It really works in the photo of Imogen and Twinka because it's a twist in that it's two women looking at each other ... I was interested in [them being] more real and less male-oriented as objects of sexual desire."