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.
di Rosa strives to be a resource for educators, students and lifelong learners. For research inquiries, please contact curatorial@dirosaart.org.
Brick Portrait
Sculpture
stacked 'bricks' forming bust of artist with eyes in top brick on columnar pedestal
841
Ceramic
Robert Carston Arneson
Sculpture
AR0841
Dorothy Goldeen
Purchase
Robert Carston Arneson
1979
Signature
Date
Incised on brick at base
Arneson 1-4-79
Self-portraits
Object
69 in
16 in
16 in
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October 26, 2016 - October 15, 2017, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa
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