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).

Back Shore Dune in Winter

Art

Intriguing pattern of erosion in sand, resembling flowing drapes

Description

Gloria Nardin was a celebrated artist that grew up in Queens, NY and spent her summers in Provincetown with her children. When she permanently moved to Wellfleet with her second husband and kids, she began to focus more on color photography. She was particularly interested in utilizing her camera as the role of the painter. In her snapshot of the Outer Cape back shore dunes, she captured the delicate texture and rippling of the sand, a pattern that may have naturally formed through erosion or possibly indented by the artist herself.

Artist Information

Gloria Nardin

Entry/Object ID

3195.Ph23

Artwork Details

Date made: 1979

Medium: Photograph

Dimensions (h x w): 11-1/4 in x 14-1/4 in

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type: Signature

Location: LR

Type: Signature, Title, Date, Inscription

Location: Reverse

Acquisition

Accession: 3195

Credit Line: Gift of Anne Sterling, 2023

Exhibitions

Solitude by the Sea: Selections from the Collection