MORGAN BARBARA (1900 1992) Martha Graham in Letter to the Wo

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MORGAN, BARBARA (1900-1992)
"Martha Graham in 'Letter to the World.'" Silver print, 19x15 inches (48.3x38.1 cm.), with Morgan's signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and with her title, in pencil, and her hand stamp on mount verso. 1940

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The title "Letter to the World" is actually a line from a poem by Emily Dickinson, around whom the dance was constructed. Dickinson's poetry was integrated into the performance and spoken by the dancers. However, given the abstract nature of Graham's work, no one character was meant to portray Dickinson: each dancer symbolized a different aspect of her personality. This image is reproduced in