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Maker(s):Lamm, Leonid
Culture:American, born in Russia (1928-2017)
Title:Escape, 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 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

Description:
Several inmates tried to escape. They were caught red-handed and severely punished. However, the reaction of other prisoners was very enthusiastic: "But they ran away!" Written at the bottom of a smaller black hole.

Несколько сокамерников пытались бежать. Их поймали с поличным и жестоко наказали. Однако реакция других заключенных была очень восторженной: «Но они убежали!» Написано на дне меньшей черной дыры.

Subjects:
Lithography

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