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.

 

R di R Suspect

Work on Paper

Double portrait of Rene from the shoulders up; left panel is in profile, right panel is full face

368

Conte crayon, oil crayon, and oil pastel on Reeves paper

Work on Paper

AR368

Hansen Fuller Goldeen Gallery

Purchase

Robert Carston Arneson

1980

Inscription

Signature

Date

Recto, bottom

AGE - 60 HT - 6' 1" WT - 180lbs / Arneson 1980

Pencil

Portraits

Mug shots

Object

30 in

40 in