Collection

The Permanent Collection

Our permanent collection includes more than 5,350 works, capturing over a century of artistic vitality in Provincetown and on the Outer Cape.

This database offers a window into that rich legacy and our ongoing efforts to showcase contemporary artists working here. More than 2,700 pieces in our collection lack digital images. Our efforts to digitize the rest of our collection are ongoing; to contribute to this critical project to digitize the PAAM collection, please contact James Robertson, Chief Development Officer, by email at jrobertson@paam.org or visit: paam.org/donate/

COLLECTION IN THE COMMUNITY

PAAM regularly loans work from its permanent collection to community organizations and businesses, expanding public access to and appreciation of these important works of art. Works from the collection can currently be seen at Seamen’s Bank (Provincetown, Truro, and Wellfleet locations), Seashore Point in Provincetown, La Tanzi, Spaulding & Landreth LLP offices in Provincetown and Orleans, and David Marshall Datz, PC office in Provincetown and Orleans. To discuss arranging an artwork loan for your business or organization, please contact PAAM Registrar Madeleine Larson (mlarson@paam.org).

Truro cottages, seen from Route 6, with Provincetown in the background across the harbor

Artist Information

Stewart Macfarlane

Entry/Object ID

326.Pa78

Artwork Details

Date made: 1977

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions (h x w): 39 in x 49 in

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type: Signature

Location: Reverse

Acquisition

Accession: 326

Credit Line: Gift of artist, 1978

Exhibitions

Some 4th and 5th Graders Select from the Collection (1999)

The Sixth Grade Selects from the Collection (2000)

The Fourth Grade Selects from the Collection (2001)

The Poet's Eye: Keith Althaus Selects from the Collection