Search Results:

Viewing Record 1 of 1
 


Maker(s):Lamm, Leonid
Culture:American, born in Russia (1928-2017)
Title:Prisoner Shushilov, from the Portfolio of Illustrations to House of Death by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Date Made:1977-1982
Type:Print
Materials:lithograph
Measurements:Sheet: 24 1/2 x 18 3/4 in; 62.2 x 47.6 cm; Plate: 18 1/4 x 13 7/8 in; 46.4 x 35.2 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2025.02.4
Credit Line:Amherst Whitney Collection of Russian Art Fund
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

Description:
This is a story about a cellmate Sushilov, who washed and repaired Dostoevsky's clothes, and also cooked his own food. The author tried to give him money. Sushilov was very upset by this and he said: "So you think I am doing this only because of the money, but I, I .... eh!" This text is inscribed in two black holes. Sushilov's hands move as if he were dividing a black hole - "House of the Dead" into two parts. This suggests that not everything in this place is so terrible, and that human relationships are also formed.

Это история о сокамернике Сушилове, который стирал и чинил одежду Достоевского, а также готовил себе еду. Автор пытался дать ему деньги. Сушилова это очень огорчило и он сказал: «Вы, ... думаете что я вам ... за деньги, ... а я ... я ... ээх!» Этот текст вписан в две черные дыры. Руки Сушилова движутся так, словно он разделяет черную дыру - «Мертвый дом» на две части. Это говорит о том, что не все в этом месте так ужасно, и что человеческие отношения тоже формируются.

Subjects:
Lithography

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=AC+2025.02.4

Research on objects in the collections, including provenance, is ongoing and may be incomplete. If you have additional information or would like to learn more about a particular object, please email fc-museums-web@fivecolleges.edu.

Viewing Record 1 of 1