Lot 34 · Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art
wolves of the dark night: drawing experiment for deutsche guggenheim
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- Estimate
- RMB 800,000–RMB 1,200,000 hammer ≈ $129,073–$193,610
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art, Beijing · 2 June 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4367065
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Cai Guo-qiang, wolves of the dark night: drawing experiment for deutsche guggenheim. Sotheby's, 2 Jun 2015, lot 34. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4367065.
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Cai Guo-qiang, wolves of the dark night: drawing experiment for deutsche guggenheim. Sotheby's, 2 Jun 2015, lot 34. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4367065.
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