Maya Deren
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Title
Maya Deren
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Description
Maya Deren in a still from her film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943). A Ukrainian immigrant, scholar of French Symbolism, progressive activist, avant-garde filmmaker and dancer, "Deren introduced Merrill to spirit possession not as a metaphor, but as a relation to the divine that an artist could directly experience."
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 197, Folder 7
Date
Circa 1943
Relation
Series_VI_Audiovisual
Exhibit Cases 7-8: Other World
James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 95 and photo insert
Format
Photograph
1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Type
Photograph
Identifier
MSS083_VI-1-c_097.jpg
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Citation
“Maya Deren
,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed August 18, 2024, http://omeka.wulib.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/12697.