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Maker(s):Vassiliev, Oleg Vladimirovich
Culture:Soviet (1931-2013), active in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the United States
Title:The House with the Mezzanine, No. 3
Date Made:1991
Type:Print
Materials:Lithograph on cream paper
Measurements:Sheet: 29 3/4 x 21 in.; 75.6 x 53.3 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2010.141
Credit Line:Gift of Joan Afferica, L. Clark Seelye Professor Emerita of History, Smith College
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
Chekhov’s story The House with the Mezzanine is a tale of lost love. The story’s protagonist and narrator is a landscape painter who spends his summer in the country, often visiting his neighbors—two sisters and their mother—who live in the house with the mezzanine. The print shows the protagonist and the younger of the two sisters, the affectionate and gentle Zhenia, who evokes his tender feelings: “Zhenia came, carrying a basket. […] We gathered mushrooms and talked, and whenever she asked me a question she stood in front of me to see my face.”

Vassiliev’s inscription on the lower right reads: “This series of images is based on my reading of Chekhov’s story and presents a dialogue of the artist and Chekhov.”
BJ 2013

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