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).

The Pilgrim Monument

Art

Black and white, hand-colored etching, with yellow and green details. Features The Pilgrim Monument. In the foreground, Provincetown harbor cluttered with fishing boats and dinghies returning to the wharf.

Description

Standing tall, beyond the traffic of the harbor, resides a beacon of freedom visible across Cape Cod Bay, the Pilgrim Monument. Although built to commemorate and honor the Mayflower Pilgrims, the “New World,” and the signing of the Mayflower Compact, the iconography of the Pilgrim Monument has become much more. It is the landmark of a community continuously ahead of the nation, the sociopolitical avant-garde. It is a pushpin on the map of the United States, exclaiming that the acceptance and equality fought for elsewhere exists right here. It is possible. It is felt in the costumes during carnival, in the performances of Varla Jean, and in the authenticity and care of its community. Like a radio tower hidden among the dunes, the Pilgrim Monument emits a signal of love and authenticity. Let the masks slip away.

Artist Information

Albert Edel

Entry/Object ID

2424.Pr16

Artwork Details

Date made: n.d.

Medium: Hand-colored etching

Dimensions (h x w): 16 in x 13 in

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type: Signature

Location: LR

Type: Title

Location: LL

Acquisition

Accession: 2424

Credit Line: Gift of Robert Eaton, 2016