Photo © Grisebach — view this lot on Grisebach ↗Study for a wolf's bodily movement: For head on, 2006
Sculpture
Grisebach · Nov 30, 2012€9,150 ≈ $11,882 ≈ £7,419Sign up free to see price
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Murmuration Box
Cai Guo-Qiang (Chinese, b. 1957) · 2019
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £2,000 – £3,000 (≈ $2,699 – $4,049) (≈ €2,324 – €3,486)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Multiple · Prints & multiples all multiple results →As published: “Porcelain multiple with gunpowder, with the accompanying unique gunpowder drawing and book, all contained in the original black mano-bound presentation box”
- Edition
- 25/50
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 25/50 in pencil on the underside
- Category
- Multiples & editions
- Dimensions
- multiple 5.5 x 18 x 20.5 cm (2 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.) print S. 27.9 x 39.8 cm (10 7/8 x 15 5/8 in.) book 29 x 24.1 x 2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/2 x 0 3/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions: Online Auction (UK030726)
- Date
- September 3, 2026
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 456
- Estimate
- £2,000 – £3,000 (≈ $2,699 – $4,049) (≈ €2,324 – €3,486)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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