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Maker(s):Lamm, Leonid
Culture:American, born in Russia (1928-2017)
Title:Escape, from the Portfolio of Illustrations to "Notes from a Dead House" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Date Made:1977-1982
Type:Print
Materials:lithograph
Measurements:Sheet: 24 1/2 x 17 1/2 in; 62.2 x 44.4 cm; Plate: 18 1/2 x 13 7/8 in; 47 x 35.2 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2025.02.19
Credit Line:Amherst Whitney Collection of Russian Art Fund
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Two inmates try to escape from the prison camp. They are caught red-handed and severely punished. However, the reaction of other prisoners, written in the smaller black hole, is very enthusiastic. The attempted escape gives them a feeling of hope: “But they did run away!”

Tags:
prisons; books; weapons; punishing; text; trees; geometry; people

Subjects:
Lithography

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