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).

Untitled (Woman and Child in the Dunes)

Art

Abstract composition of woman and child in the dunes with blue and purple

Description

Ross Moffett was originally born in Iowa and arrived in Provincetown to study with Charles Hawthorne. He became a legendary artist that illustrated scenes of local life and a significant figure in the development of American Modernism. He was known for his landscape paintings, various forms of prints, and social realism themed murals. Both his monotype print and oil painting in this collection feature figures standing in the dunes, embodying a contemplative state.

Artist Information

Ross E. Moffett

Entry/Object ID

610.Pr82

Artwork Details

Date made: circa 1930

Medium: Monotype print

Dimensions (h x w): 22 in x 18 in

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type: Signature

Location: LR

Acquisition

Accession: 610

Credit Line: Gift of Shelby Shackelford, 1982, Restoration funded by Carl G. Sessa and David M. Gagne, 2018

Exhibitions

Solitude by the Sea: Selections from the Collection