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Lot 80
CORNELIA PARKER (B. 1956)
Meteorite Lands in the Middle of Nowhere (The American Series)
Closed28 September 2023
Estimate
GBP 5,000–7,000
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Specialist note
“One of the biggest threats to the future of the planet is obliteration by a giant meteor. The meteorite has become the embodiment of fear of the unknown, although the earth is littered with them” (Cornelia Parker, 2001)
In this series Cornelia Parker has made a series of `landings' consisting of 'hits and misses' made by heating a 400 year old iron meteorite until glowing hot and then using it to burn mythic locations on maps of the American South.
The set comprises the following `hits' and `misses':
Misses: Roswell, New Mexico (2/20); Waco, Texas (12/20); Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (18/20)
Hits: Paris, Texas (2/20); Bagdad, Louisiana (4/20); Bethlehem, North Carolina (20/20)
Meteorite Lands in the Middle of Nowhere was issued as a series by the publisher The Multiples Store, rather than as a consistently numbered set. Complete series are extremely rare as the majority of the prints were sold individually. The publisher is aware of only two other entire suites.
In this series Cornelia Parker has made a series of `landings' consisting of 'hits and misses' made by heating a 400 year old iron meteorite until glowing hot and then using it to burn mythic locations on maps of the American South.
The set comprises the following `hits' and `misses':
Misses: Roswell, New Mexico (2/20); Waco, Texas (12/20); Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (18/20)
Hits: Paris, Texas (2/20); Bagdad, Louisiana (4/20); Bethlehem, North Carolina (20/20)
Meteorite Lands in the Middle of Nowhere was issued as a series by the publisher The Multiples Store, rather than as a consistently numbered set. Complete series are extremely rare as the majority of the prints were sold individually. The publisher is aware of only two other entire suites.