PaJaMa
Silhouettes (The Frenches), Hawthorne House, Provincetown

Silhouettes (The Frenches), Hawthorne House, Provincetown
Silhouettes (The Frenches), Hawthorne House, Provincetown
Silhouettes (The Frenches), Hawthorne House, Provincetown
ArtistAmerican
ArtistAmerican, 1904–1999
ArtistAmerican, 1905–1988
ArtistAmerican, 1906–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Silhouettes (The Frenches), Hawthorne House, Provincetown
Date1947
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 5/16 × 6 1/2 in. (11 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/16 × 6 1/2 in. (11 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number2018.566
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionUnder the collective name PaJaMa (a playful combination of their first names) Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French staged and photographed scenes that spoke to the personal and sexual ties that defined their own relationship and their circle of fellow artists and writers including Truman Capote, Lincoln Kirstein, George Platt Lynes, and George Tooker.
ProvenancePaul Cadmus/John Anderson; [Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso upper left: “M./Provincetown” “K18” in pencil.

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