Brick Portrait

Sculpture

-

di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

The Incorrect Museum 2025

The Incorrect Museum 2025

Name/Title

Brick Portrait

Entry/Object ID

841

Description

stacked 'bricks' forming bust of artist with eyes in top brick on columnar pedestal

Artwork Details

Medium

Ceramic

Subject Person or Organization

Robert Carston Arneson

Category

Sculpture

Acquisition

Accession

AR0841

Source or Donor

Dorothy Goldeen

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Robert Carston Arneson

Date made

1979

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature, Date

Location

Incised on brick at base

Transcription

Arneson 1-4-79

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Self-portraits

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Object

Height

69 in

Width

16 in

Depth

16 in

Exhibitions

Exhibition

The Incorrect Museum - Ongoing

Notes

May 3, 2025 - ongoing, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times (Part 2)

Notes

June 23, 2018 - December 30, 2018, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

Based on a True Story: Highlights from the di Rosa Collection

Notes

October 26, 2016 - October 15, 2017, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

Bay Area Ceramic Sculpture: Collection in Context

Notes

March 29 – May 17, 2008, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa