The Pilgrim Monument

Art

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Provincetown Art Association and Museum

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.

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.

Name/Title

The Pilgrim Monument

Entry/Object ID

2424.Pr16

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.

Artwork Details

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Acquisition

Accession

2424

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Eaton, 2016

Made/Created

Artist

Albert Edel

Date made

n.d.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

LR

Type

Title

Location

LL

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Plate

Height

9-3/4 in

Width

7 in

Dimension Description

Sight

Height

10-3/4 in

Width

7-3/4 in

Dimension Description

Finished

Height

16 in

Width

13 in