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).

Perspective (from the Dune Shack Outhouse Camera Obscura Series)

Art

Abstract light patterns with gradients against dark background

Description

Marian Roth is a photographer and painter who moved to Provincetown in 1982. She is known for her camera obscura photography and unconventional methods of capturing pictures. In her camera obscura series taken at the dune shacks, Roth converted the dune shack into a pinhole camera. This method of photography strips the camera back to its most basic components and limits the artist’s control. It also illuminates the perspective of light from the shack itself, which relates to Roth’s idea of inhabiting the camera and image.

Artist Information

Marian Roth

Entry/Object ID

2423.005.Ph16

Artwork Details

Date made: 2014

Medium: Giclee print

Dimensions (h x w): 15-1/2 in x 29 in

Acquisition

Accession: 2423

Credit Line: Gift of the Artist in honor of Sharon Fay and Maxine Schaffer, framing funded by Brooke and Megan Jones, 2018

Exhibitions

Solitude by the Sea: Selections from the Collection