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Maker(s):Lamm, Leonid
Culture:American, born in Russia (1928-2017)
Title:The moral strength of the Polish martyrs., from the Portfolio of Illustrations to House of Death by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Date Made:1977-1982
Type:Print
Materials:lithograph
Measurements:Sheet: 24 x 17 5/8 in; 61 x 44.8 cm; Plate: 18 1/2 x 13 7/8 in; 47 x 35.2 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2025.02.18
Credit Line:Amherst Whitney Collection of Russian Art Fund
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

Description:
A group of Polish prisoners tried to stop the insults and humiliations from the authorities. They were punished with lashes and whips. During the punishment, the Polish mathematics professor did not utter a word.

Группа польских заключенных пыталась остановить оскорбления и унижения со стороны властей. Их наказывали плетью и кнутом. Во время наказания польский профессор математики не произнес ни слова.

Subjects:
Lithography

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