Provincetown Dune

Art

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Provincetown Art Association and Museum

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

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

Name/Title

Provincetown Dune

Entry/Object ID

1477.Ph97

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.

Artwork Details

Medium

Color photograph

Acquisition

Accession

1477

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Virginia Zabriskie, 1997

Made/Created

Artist

Joel Meyerowitz

Date made

1977

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature, Date, Title

Location

Reverse

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Image

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

7-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Sight

Height

10 in

Width

8 in

Dimension Description

Sheet

Height

14 in

Width

11 in

Dimension Description

Mat

Height

20 in

Width

16 in

Exhibition

Solitude by the Sea: Selections from the Collection