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.

 

Horse #7 (Bonfire)

Sculpture

Life sized grazing horse of mud, straw, sticks, with long sticks leaning up against it

671

Mud, sticks, and straw

Sculpture

AR671

Hansen Fuller Goldeen Gallery

Purchase

Deborah Butterfield

1978

Object

144 in

108 in

30 in

Deborah Butterfield: P.S. These are not horses

October 1, 2023 - June 24, 2024, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis (offsite)

Deborah Butterfield

July 20 - September 15, 1996, San Diego Museum of Art

100 Years of California Sculpture

August 7 - October 17, 1982, Oakland Museum of California