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).

Provincetown Dune

Art

Photograph of sandy dune with blue sky and clouds in the background

Description

Joel Meyerowitz began his artistic career in photography by taking pictures in the streets of his native New York City. He is an early advocate for the use of color in photography, and is one of the first photographers to make the transition successfully from black and white. He has produced several books of his photography, multiple focusing on scenes of Cape Cod. Many of his pictures from the Cape highlight stills of natural light and have a high clarity of detail. This piece encapsulates the extended openness of the dunes, the sky intersecting with the textured sand in a way that embodies a sense of stillness and invites contemplation.

Artist Information

Joel Meyerowitz

Entry/Object ID

1477.Ph97

Artwork Details

Date made: 1977

Medium: Color photograph

Dimensions (h x w): 14 in x 11 in

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type: Signature, Date, Title

Location: Reverse

Acquisition

Accession: 1477

Credit Line: Gift of Virginia Zabriskie, 1997

Exhibitions

Solitude by the Sea: Selections from the Collection