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Image Not Available for There's no point in having everyone bring along a rucksack or a bag with straps... from the series Fruits and Vegetables
There's no point in having everyone bring along a rucksack or a bag with straps... from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Image Not Available for There's no point in having everyone bring along a rucksack or a bag with straps... from the series Fruits and Vegetables

There's no point in having everyone bring along a rucksack or a bag with straps... from the series Fruits and Vegetables

Artist Ilya Kabakov (Ukrainian, lived and worked in Long Island, New York, 1933-2023)
Date1979
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsImage: 34.3 × 24 cm (13 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 34.3 × 24 cm (13 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)
Mount: 55.9 × 24 cm (22 × 9 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineNorton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union
Object number1999.0707.016
Collections
Exhibition History- Serialities: Repetition and Narrative in Soviet Nonconformist Art, 09/01/2005-03/01/2006, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Wing Lower Level - "Dialogues—Ilya Kabakov and Viktor Pivovarov: Stories About Ourselves" 11/30/2019-03/29/2020, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Wing Lower Level
Exhibitions

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Image Not Available for Volodya found what he was seeking, what everyone would like to do - to move forward without leaving anything behind from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Volodya found what he was seeking, what everyone would like to do - to move forward without leaving anything behind from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for I pass the piece of buttered bread, it slips from my hands and, as always happens, falls with the buttered side down - not onto the floor but onto the dress of the woman next to me. from the series Fruits and Vegetables
I pass the piece of buttered bread, it slips from my hands and, as always happens, falls with the buttered side down - not onto the floor but onto the dress of the woman next to me. from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for Carrot from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Carrot from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for Cucumber from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Cucumber from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for If I'm the first to break up the pyramid I nearly always win from the series Fruits and Vegetables
If I'm the first to break up the pyramid I nearly always win from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for Apple from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Apple from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for If the wings were made somewhat larger - but there just might not be enough material for that.. from the series Fruits and Vegetables
If the wings were made somewhat larger - but there just might not be enough material for that.. from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for Turnip from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Turnip from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for And he kept on making more and more barrels from the series Fruits and Vegetables
And he kept on making more and more barrels from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for Pear from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Pear from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for I give it a couple of turns - it spins around, but doesn't open.. It was there right next to me, but no way I could get it open. So, now what? I don't know.. from the series Fruits and Vegetables
I give it a couple of turns - it spins around, but doesn't open.. It was there right next to me, but no way I could get it open. So, now what? I don't know.. from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Image Not Available for Onion from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Onion from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979