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.

 

Rat Plate #9

Sculpture

Plate with rat eating piece out of rim

402

Stoneware

Sculpture

AR402

Allan Frumkin Gallery

Purchase

Robert Carston Arneson

1981

Signature

Date

Title

Verso

Arneson 1981 / Rat Plate # 9

Incised

Marker

Signature and date were incised and title was written in pen or marker

Rats

Object

22 in

30 in

2 in

Beast Mode

December 7, 2024 - March 2, 2025, di Rosa Downtown

In Our Time and Place: Selections from the di Rosa Collection

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