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