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.

 

Creature

Sculpture

Purple moving eye in swiveling "head" atop rod on robotic looking body with four legs

1941

Aluminum, steel, rubber, electronics, mechanics, LCD

Sculpture

AR1941

Haines Gallery

Purchase

Alan Rath

2001

NONE

NONE

Robots

Surveillance

Object

26 in

12 in

13 in

Ghost in the Machine

September 8, 2023 - August 25, 2024, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times (Part 2)

June 23, 2018 - December 30, 2018, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

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