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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
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

Artist Ilya Kabakov (Ukrainian, lived and worked in Long Island, New York, 1933-2023)
Date1979
CultureUkrainian
MediumInk and colored pencil on paper
DimensionsImage: 34.2 × 24.1 cm (13 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.) Sheet: 34.2 × 24.1 cm (13 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.) Mount: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineNorton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union
Object number1999.0707.010
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
Collections
I won't get to see Anya right now, she's definitely out for lunch from the series Fruits and Vegetables
I won't get to see Anya right now, she's definitely out for lunch from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
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
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
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
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(Thumbnail sketch for If I'd Known Then What I Know Now)
Kimberly Bulcken Root
1993
Image Not Available for We put up the chimney... from If I'd Known Then What I Know Now
We put up the chimney... from If I'd Known Then What I Know Now
Kimberly Bulcken Root
1993
Image Not Available for We papered the bedroom.../We papered the bed... from If I'd Known Then What I Know Now
We papered the bedroom.../We papered the bed... from If I'd Known Then What I Know Now
Kimberly Bulcken Root
1993
Image Not Available for We put in plumbing.../The soap bubbles go... from If I'd Known Then What I Know Now
We put in plumbing.../The soap bubbles go... from If I'd Known Then What I Know Now
Kimberly Bulcken Root
1993
Image Not Available for (Thumbnail sketch for If I'd Known Then What I Know Now)
(Thumbnail sketch for If I'd Known Then What I Know Now)
Kimberly Bulcken Root
1993
Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
Carrot from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Carrot from the series Fruits and Vegetables
Ilya Kabakov
1979
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