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).

Dune Woman

Art

Woman wearing green standing on porch of brown dune shack

Description

Joyce Zavorskas is a contemporary artist that has exhibited in London, Paris, New York, Philadelphia, California, Boston, and Cape Cod. Many of her recent works focus on erosional landforms, investigating images of natural disorder and nature’s disruption of familiar landscapes. These works from 1989 during her time in the Peaked Hill dune shack are more homogenous, though reveal the rustic architecture of the shack itself. They are weathered structures that are often built on pilings to adjust to the constantly changing environment.

Artist Information

Joyce Zavorskas

Entry/Object ID

2259.Pr14

Artwork Details

Date made: 1989

Medium: Monotype print

Dimensions (h x w): 22 in x 30 in

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type: Signature, Date

Location: LR

Type: Title

Location: LC

Type: Edition

Location: LL

Acquisition

Accession: 2259

Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2014