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The Short Man (The Bookbinder) from Ten Characters
Artist
Ilya Kabakov
(Ukrainian, lived and worked in Long Island, New York, 1933-2023)
Date1980-1987
MediumCollage, ink, colored pencil, and lithograph on paper
DimensionsOverall: 245 × 300 cm (96 7/16 × 118 1/8 in.)
Storage Container: 11.4 × 73.7 × 58.4 cm (4 1/2 × 29 × 23 in.)
Storage Container: 14.6 × 73.7 × 58.4 cm (5 3/4 × 29 × 23 in.)
Storage Container: 12.7 × 33 × 42.5 cm (5 × 13 × 16 3/4 in.)
Storage Container: 14 × 49.5 × 82.6 cm (5 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 32 1/2 in.)
Storage Container: 13.3 × 41.9 × 54.6 cm (5 1/4 × 16 1/2 × 21 1/2 in.)
Storage Container: 19.7 × 62.9 × 73.7 cm (7 3/4 × 24 3/4 × 29 in.)
Storage Container: 9.5 × 61 × 74.9 cm (3 3/4 × 24 × 29 1/2 in.)
Storage Container: 7.6 × 46.4 × 92.1 cm (3 × 18 1/4 × 36 1/4 in.)
Storage Container: 10.2 × 42.5 × 57.8 cm (4 × 16 3/4 × 22 3/4 in.)
Storage Container: 7.6 × 40.6 × 55.9 cm (3 × 16 × 22 in.)
Storage Container: 11.4 × 73.7 × 58.4 cm (4 1/2 × 29 × 23 in.)
Storage Container: 14.6 × 73.7 × 58.4 cm (5 3/4 × 29 × 23 in.)
Storage Container: 12.7 × 33 × 42.5 cm (5 × 13 × 16 3/4 in.)
Storage Container: 14 × 49.5 × 82.6 cm (5 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 32 1/2 in.)
Storage Container: 13.3 × 41.9 × 54.6 cm (5 1/4 × 16 1/2 × 21 1/2 in.)
Storage Container: 19.7 × 62.9 × 73.7 cm (7 3/4 × 24 3/4 × 29 in.)
Storage Container: 9.5 × 61 × 74.9 cm (3 3/4 × 24 × 29 1/2 in.)
Storage Container: 7.6 × 46.4 × 92.1 cm (3 × 18 1/4 × 36 1/4 in.)
Storage Container: 10.2 × 42.5 × 57.8 cm (4 × 16 3/4 × 22 3/4 in.)
Storage Container: 7.6 × 40.6 × 55.9 cm (3 × 16 × 22 in.)
ClassificationsInstallation
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by Norton Dodge and Nancy Dodge
Object number2000.0415.001-009
Exhibition History- Installation, 08/2000-12/2011, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Wing Upper Level
- “Thinking Pictures”: Moscow Conceptual Art in the Dodge Collection, 09/06/2016-12/31/2016, Zimmerli Art Museum, Voorhees Gallery
- Thinking Pictures: Conceptual Art from Moscow and the Baltics, 03/17/2022 - 08/14/2022, Art Museum of Estonia (KUMU), Tallinn, Estonia
Exhibitions
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Anatolii Kaplan
1954-1957