Maya Deren
Item
“Maya Deren”. 1943. Series_VI_Audiovisual, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38552
- Title
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Maya Deren
- 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."
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 197, Folder 7
- Date
- Circa 1943
- Relation
- Series_VI_Audiovisual
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Exhibit Cases 7-8: Other World
- James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 95 and photo insert
- Type
- Photograph
- Format
- Photograph
- 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
- Identifier
- MSS083_VI-1-c_097.jpg
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Site pages
- The Other World - Audiovisual
- Media
MSS083_VI-1-c_097.jpg
“Maya Deren”. 1943. Series_VI_Audiovisual, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38552