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.

 

General and Particular Impotence

Work on Paper

Bird with mouth open perched on a silhouette made of image and rows of letters next to two additional smaller silhouettes composed of rows of letters on a white ground.

2086

Carbon transfer and collage on paper

Work on Paper

AR2086

Anglim/Trimble

Purchase

Frances Stark

2003

Birds

Object

50 in

39 in

Frame

54-1/8 in

42-3/4 in

2 in

Beast Mode

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

Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times (Part 1)

January 27 - May 27, 2018, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Uh-Oh: Frances Stark 1991-2015

Sunday, October 11, 2015 - Sunday, January 29, 2017, Hammer Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston