Cai Guo-Qiang

Danger Book: Suicide Fireworks

2007
gunpowder and ink on paper with string and match sticks (13 drawings handmade by the artist)
closed: 75.3 x 52 cm (29 5/8 x 20 1/2 in); opened: 75.3 x 104 cm (29 1/2 x 40 7/8 in)
Signed and titled ‘Suicide Fireworks Cai Guo-Qiang’ lower right of the cover page. This work is number 5 from an edition of 9 unique works published by Ivory Press, London.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000

Sold for £43,750

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
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Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Day Sale 11 February 2014 2pm

101
This lot is no longer available.
102
David Ostrowski
F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £86,500
103
Lucien Smith
96 Tears 8
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £47,500
104
Lucien Smith
Ho No!
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
105
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
106
Sam Falls
Untitled (Val Verde, Blue)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £16,250
107
Dan Rees
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
108
Nina Beier
Portrait Mode (Oslo #6)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
109
Lori Hersberger
Totem No. 4: dark blue, violet, silver (galvanically chromed)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £56,250
110
Nate Lowman
Squarilyn
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
111
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
112
Markus Amm
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
113
Theaster Gates
Civil Tapestries VIIII
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
114
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £16,250
115
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £30,000
116
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
117
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Butterfly)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
118
Dana Schutz
Albino with Wig
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £52,500
119
Mark Flood
Another Painting
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
120
Dan Rees
Artex Painting
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
121
Nikolas Gambaroff
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
122
Walead Beshty
Six-Sided Picture A (CMMYYC: Irvine California, July 16th 2008, Fuji Crystal Archive Type C)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
123
Adam McEwen
Atomkraft (grey)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
124No Reserve
Walead Beshty
Two Works: Gelatin Silver Contact Print (Los Angeles, California, February 27th 2011, Ilford Multigrade Fiber)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •♠
Sold for £1,875
125
Sam Falls
Untitled (PP 10)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,750
126
Josh Smith
Three Works: Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
127
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £18,750
128
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
First
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
129
Chris Ofili
Pramnian Odyssey 2
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠†
Sold for £128,500
130
Marc Quinn
The Selfish Gene
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £110,500
131
Rob Pruitt
Father with Child
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
132
Robert Longo
Study of Tiger Head 4B
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £104,500
133
David Noonan
Untitled (figure)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £7,500
134
Wim Delvoye
Untitled (Koi)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £182,500
135
Thomas Demand
Constellation
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £31,250
136
Thomas Ruff
03h51m/-55 ° (STE 1.23)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
137
Xavier Veilhan
Debora
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
138
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
Boy with Marionette
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
139
Gerhard Richter
Ohne Titel (8.2.92)
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
140
Gerhard Richter
War Cut II
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £74,500
141
Gerhard Richter
Skizze zu Parkstück
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
142
Gerhard Richter
Skizze zu Parkstück
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
143
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Scrivania con Computers
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ♠
Sold for £158,500
144
George Condo
Untitled (Miro)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £98,500
145
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
146
Andy Warhol
Untitled (Car)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
147
Andy Warhol
Skulls
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
148
Andy Warhol
$ (4)
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡
149
Andy Warhol
Shoes
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
Sold for £56,250
150
Andy Warhol
Gondola with Two Figures
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
151
Keith Haring
Angels and Coyotes
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £50,000
152
Keith Haring
Barking Dog and Spaceships
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £104,500
153
Andy Warhol
Double Daisies
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
154
This lot is no longer available.
155
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £86,500
156
Johannes Kahrs
Untitled (Empty 1)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
157
Johannes Kahrs
Smile
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,625
158
Michel François
Souffles dans le verre - Transparent
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
159
Ai Weiwei
Stool
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £13,750
160
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £98,500
161
Alighiero Boetti
Cieli ad alta quota
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
162
This lot is no longer available.
163
John Armleder
Siphonophora
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £40,000
164
Antony Gormley
CXXXI
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
165
Antony Gormley
Meme CXLIV
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £74,500
166
Ju Ming
Taichi Series - Single Whip
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
167
Cory Arcangel
Photoshop CS: 84 by 66 inches. 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient "Blue, Red, Yellow", mousedown y=7600 x=8600, mouseup y=7850 x=8600
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £32,500
168
John Armleder
FS 222
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £35,000
169
Jonathan Lasker
Structured Living
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
170
Peter Halley
Six Prisons
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £37,500
171
Kerstin Brätsch
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
172
Gedi Sibony
Partly me Manners
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
173
Angela de la Cruz
Torso
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
174
Roberto Cuoghi
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
175
Jason Martin
Diox Mauve Magenta
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
176
Josephine Meckseper
Das Ende des Panoptikums VII
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
177
This lot is no longer available.
178
This lot is no longer available.
179
Ugo Rondinone
Thank you Silence
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
180
Cosima von Bonin
Marathon
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
181
Matthew Monahan
Sweet Grunt
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
182
Gabriel Orozco
Un circulo tangente en el marco de la ventana
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
183
Mark Handforth
Untitled (Mods)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £14,375
184
Eric Fischl
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £31,250
185
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
186
André Butzer
Marswind
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
187
Donald Baechler
Tree Painting
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
188
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £22,500
189
Kristin Baker
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
190
Friedrich Kunath
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
191
Anselm Reyle
Little Yorkshire
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
192
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £80,500
193
Pieter Vermeersch
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
194
Aaron Young
Greeting Card (Armory Diptych)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £25,000
195
Dash Snow
Clinton St.
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,125
196
Adam Pendleton
System of Display, L (Not/Godard Made in the USA, 1966)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
197
Ryan McGinness
The Need for Enemies
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £12,500
198
Richard Prince
Flip-Flops
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
199
Robin Rhode
Street Gym
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
200
Francis Alÿs
Beggars
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 Ω♠
Sold for £40,000
201
Cai Guo-Qiang
Danger Book: Suicide Fireworks
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £43,750
202
Zhang Huan
Family Tree
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £290,500
203
Li Qing
Wedding (There are six differences in the two paintings)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
204
Tianbing Li
Autoportrait Mauve No. 3
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
205
Ling Jian
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
206
Yoshitomo Nara
Doo Doo Brain
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £18,750
207
Bernard Frize
Majestic
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
208
Barry McGee
61 Framed Works
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £74,500
209
Olafur Eliasson
Yellow Light: Iceland Series
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
210
Ed Templeton
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £8,750
211
Doug Aitken
Thaw
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
212
Subodh Gupta
Untitled No. 1
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £60,000
213
Manfred Pernice
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
214
Hiroshi Sugimoto
The Hanging
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
215
Marina Abramović
Portrait with Firewood
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
216
Marc Quinn
Tropical Dawn
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £104,500
217
Marc Quinn
Maquette for a Siren
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £92,500
218
This lot is no longer available.
219
Keith Tyson
Nature Painting
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
220
Troy Brauntuch
Untitled (Shirts 2)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £18,750
221
Banksy
Filth
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
222
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Dinos and Jake's Progress Plate 1
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
223
Huma Bhabha
A.B.
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
224
Franz West
Two Works: (i) Uncle Chair; (ii) Uncle Chair
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
225
Martin Kippenberger
Der griechische pickelausdrucker (The Greek pimple squeezer)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
226
Hermann Nitsch
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
227
Uwe Henneken
Call To Arms in Schattenland
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
228
Donald Baechler
Abstract Painting with Car
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
229
Bjarne Melgaard
Harald
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
230
Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
231
Douglas Gordon
Two Works: (i) Tattoo I; (ii) Tattoo II
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
232
Alex Katz
11:00 PM #35
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
233
John Currin
Worker
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
234
Gillian Carnegie
Damp
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
235
Gillian Carnegie
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,500
236
Stephan Balkenhol
Untitled (female figure looking up and relief with dots)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
237
Sean Henry
Man with Alter Ego
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
238
Wilhelm Sasnal
A Ball
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
239
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Pieta
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
240
James Casebere
Turning Hallway
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £22,500
241
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled (Snow Machine)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
242
Vik Muniz
Reversal Grey Marilyn (Pictures of Diamond Dust)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
243
Vik Muniz
Jacqueline, after Picasso (Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £50,000
244
Sante D'Orazio
Pamela Anderson (Profile #6)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £18,750
245
David LaChapelle
Naomi Campbell: Ice
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
246
Vik Muniz
Poplars, after Claude Monet (Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
247
Lawrence Carroll
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
248
Bosco Sodi
Untitled - 0087
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £32,500
249
Andres Serrano
Crucifix
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
250
RETNA
Song
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
251
Billy Childish
The Bitter Cup
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
252
Billy Childish
The Kiss
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
253
Marcello Lo Giudice
Eden
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
254
Victor Sydorenko
Untitled, from “Reflection into the unknown”series
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £20,000
255
Vitaliy and Elena Vasilieva
Two Works: Neo 6-7
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000
Sold for £18,750
256
Igor Makarevich
USSR - Stronghold of the World (diptych)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
257
Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexandre Vinogradov
Barbie
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
258
Djordje Ozbolt
Four works: (i) By the Moonlight; (ii) Oxygen; (iii) Turkish Delight; (iv) Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
259
Avner Ben-Gal
Spider
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
260
Dirk Braeckman
"10-01-04"
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,375
261
Halim Al-Karim
Goddess in Love (Triptych)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
262
Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
Amerika
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
263
Erik Parker
In and Out of Trouble
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
264
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
265
Daniel Richter
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
266
Allora & Calzadilla
Under Discussion
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £10,000
267
Gino Rubert
Sweet Home II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £10,000
268
Nick Van Woert
Black Eclipse
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £12,500

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Cai Guo-Qiang

Danger Book: Suicide Fireworks

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