The Very Eye of Night

Film

The Very Eye of Night

1959

Medium
16mm film, black-and-white, sound, 15 min., transferred to video
Accession number
2026.9
Acquired
2026
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Film and Video Committee in honor of George S. Kaufman
Reproduction credit
© Tavia Ito / Estate of Maya Deren, courtesy of The Film Gallery
Edition
In distribution
Department
collection

About this work

Maya Deren, The Very Eye of Night, 1959. 16mm film, black-and-white, sound, 15 min., transferred to video. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film and Video Committee in honor of George S. Kaufman 2026.9. © Tavia Ito / Estate of Maya Deren, courtesy of The Film Gallery

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