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.
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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
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