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Maker(s):Lamm, Leonid
Culture:American, born in Russia (1928-2017)
Title:Rlease of the Eagle, from the Portfolio of Illustrations to "Notes from a Dead House" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Date Made:1977-1982
Type:Print
Materials:lithograph
Measurements:Sheet: 24 1/8 x 17 3/4 in; 61.3 x 45.1 cm; Plate: 18 1/2 x 13 3/4 in; 47 x 34.9 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2025.02.16
Credit Line:Amherst Whitney Collection of Russian Art Fund
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
2025_02_16.jpg

Description:
For several months, a wounded eagle lived in the prison barrack. Though it never fully recovers, a group of prisoners choose to release it, allowing the bird to experience freedom for whatever time remains. As the eagle takes flight, the prisoners cry out, “He feels freedom!” This text appears at the bottom of the black hole.

Tags:
prisons; books; birds; illness; symbolism

Subjects:
Lithography

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