PaJaMa
Silhouettes (The Frenches), Hawthorne House, Provincetown

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Artist PaJaMa(American)American

Artist Paul Cadmus(American, 1904–1999)American, 1904–1999

Artist Jared French(American, 1905–1988)American, 1905–1988

Artist Margaret French(American, 1906–1998)American, 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

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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