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Lot 80
Guillermo Kuitca (Argentinian b. 1961)
Hamburg
Closed29 May 2008
Price Realised
USD 97,000
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Specialist note
In an interview in 1997 Guillermo Kuitca speaks about the maps--how he chose the cities, bought the actual folded maps:
I would compulsively buy these during any trip. If I traveled to New York, I would go to the Rand McNally store--they have maps from around the world, it's like a supermarket. I would buy four from Africa, two from Arabia, one from Brussels, twenty from Honduras, from Belfast--from any place. I bought them not to guide myself but to lose myself. I often thought the store salesman might be wondering where I was going.
-Guillermo Kuitca, Interview with Graciela Speranza
I would compulsively buy these during any trip. If I traveled to New York, I would go to the Rand McNally store--they have maps from around the world, it's like a supermarket. I would buy four from Africa, two from Arabia, one from Brussels, twenty from Honduras, from Belfast--from any place. I bought them not to guide myself but to lose myself. I often thought the store salesman might be wondering where I was going.
-Guillermo Kuitca, Interview with Graciela Speranza