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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Chuck Stewart, Maya Angelou, 1956

Chuck Stewart American, 1927-2017

Maya Angelou, 1956
Estate Edition archival pigment print
40 x 30 in. unframed
CS026
© Copyright Chuck Stewart Photography LLC - all rights reserved
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ALBUM / IMAGE | Ye Little Club, Beverly Hills, California 1956 ARTIST CONTEXT Before becoming internationally celebrated as a poet, memoirist, and civil rights figure, Maya Angelou performed as a...
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ALBUM / IMAGE | Ye Little Club, Beverly Hills, California 1956


ARTIST CONTEXT

Before becoming internationally celebrated as a poet, memoirist, and civil rights figure, Maya Angelou

performed as a singer and dancer. In the mid-1950s she appeared in clubs during the national calypso

boom, bringing theatrical intelligence and cultural depth to the stage.


CHUCK STEWART / PHOTOGRAPH CONTEXT

Chuck Stewart photographed Angelou dancing to calypso as the style surged in popularity following Harry

Belafonte’s success with Calypso.


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