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Maker(s):Lamm, Leonid
Culture:American, born in Russia (1928-2017)
Title:Prisoner Gasin, from the Portfolio of Illustrations to House of Death by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Date Made:1977-1982
Type:Print
Materials:lithograph
Measurements:Sheet: 23 7/8 x 17 1/2 in; 60.6 x 44.4 cm; Plate: 18 5/8 x 13 7/8 in; 47.3 x 35.2 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2025.02.2
Credit Line:Amherst Whitney Collection of Russian Art Fund
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

Description:
Prisoner Gasin was drunk and having fun. He paid money to a violinist, a cellmate, and during the game Gasin repeatedly shouted: "Play, you took the money." This text is inscribed at the top of the black hole. In addition, we see branded faces of other prisoners with three Russian letters K, A and T on their cheeks and forehead, which denote their status as a convict. These hallmarks were produced by the authorities and are applied with hot metal. All the prisoners in the labor camp had these marks, except for the prisoners who were nobles like Dostoevsky.

Заключенный Гасин был пьяный и развлекался. Он платил деньги скрипачу, сокамернику, и во время игры Гасин неоднократно кричал: «Играй, ты взял деньги». Этот текст начертан в верхней части черной дыры. Кроме того, мы видим заклеймленные лица других заключенных с тремя русскими буквами K, A и T на щеках и лбу, которые обозначают их статус осужденного. Эти клейма были изготовлены властями и наносится горячим металлом. Эти отметины были у всех заключенных трудового лагеря, кроме
заключенных, которые были дворянами, как Достоевский.

Subjects:
Lithography

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