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Maker(s):Lamm, Leonid
Culture:American, born in Russia (1928-2017)
Title:Holiday, from the Portfolio of Illustrations to "Notes from a Dead House" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Date Made:1977-1982
Type:Print
Materials:lithograph
Measurements:Sheet: 23 3/4 x 17 1/2 in; 60.3 x 44.4 cm; Plate: 18 3/8 x 13 7/8 in; 46.7 x 35.2 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2025.02.9
Credit Line:Amherst Whitney Collection of Russian Art Fund
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Above, inmates receive absolution from a priest on Christmas Day. They are in deep reverence. Below, they joyfully celebrate with vodka. While there is almost no friendliness among convicts, the holiday spirit briefly changes that. Thus, a cellmate comes running up to Goryanchikov with a blissful smile. When asked what he came for, he does not know what to say. “But … it’s Christmas …,” he murmurs and hurries into the kitchen. These words are inscribed in the black hole dividing the composition.

Tags:
praying; priests; books; prisons; holidays; celebrations; alcohol; text; Cyrillic

Subjects:
Lithography

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