DISERENS, Hélène Suzanne. Switzerland 17.11.1920 — Paris 10.11.2005. Swiss (?) Art Historian. Grew up in Kobe, Japan, in the age of 14 she was sent to a school in Switzerland. Professional studies at École de Photographie de Vevey, where her father Charles Diserens was teaching. From 1951 worked as photographer at Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles. Retired in 1980, then living in Paris. In 1978-2005 about 15 times field-work in Kulu Valley.
Publications: “Rajas and Chieftains in the Sculpture of Kullu valley and the neighbouring Regions”, SAA 1987:2, Rome 1990, 1181-1193.
– “Les yoginī de la haute vallée du Kulu (Himachal Pradesh)”, BÉI 9, 1991, 61;73; “La statue de Brār (Kaśmīr) retrouvée”, Arts as. 48, 1993, 72-85; “Images et symboles des déesses de la haute vallée du Kulu”, BÉI 13-14, 1995-96, 91-115.
– “Two Stone Reliefs of Sūrya from Gum: A Study of the Sun-Chariot and its Teams”, Silk Road Art and Archaeology 5, 1997-98, 329-351, 7 pl.
– “Castes, privilèges et divinité tutélaire. Pages d’histoire d’un village en Himalaya Occidental au XIXe siècle”, JA 289, 2001, 237-284; “L’iconographie du temple de Markula devī au Lahoul”, Arts as. 62, 2007, 5-28.
– Other articles on Himalayan (Kulu) art e.g. in CAJ 1981, AION 1985-86, SAA 1985, BEI 1988, Arts as. 1997, JA 2001, also in Revue Asiatique and Revue du Musée Guimet.
Sources: Briefly in BEI 6, 1988, 76*; stray notes in Internet; personal knowledge 1995.
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