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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

Citation

“Maya Deren ,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed May 6, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/12697.