Artist Monograph

Cai Guo-Qiang, Chinese

Chinese, born 1957

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	6	75%
Sculpture	1	12.5%
Other Media	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	7	87.5%
Painting & Sculpture	1	12.5%

Classification Types

Print — 6
Sculpture — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Large (1–3 m)	5	83.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	16.7%

Range: 157.0 cm → 454.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1999	1
2005	1
2007	6

Chinese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Borrowing Your Enemy's Arrows Sculpture Acc. 318.1999	1998	Wood boat, canvas sail, arrows, metal, rope, Chinese flag, and electric fan	Boat approximately 60" x 23' 7" x 7' 6" (152.4 x 720 x 230 cm), each arrow approximately 24" (62 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 2267.99 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in honor of Glenn D. Lowry
Drawing for Transient Rainbow Drawing Acc. 508.2004.a-b	August 2003	Gunpowder on two sheets of paper	179 x 159 1/2" (454.7 x 405.1 cm) (overall) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Clarissa Alcock Bronfman
Nontransparent Monument Print Acc. 999.2007.a-e	2006	Series of five ink rubbings	(see child records) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Stephen F. Dull Fund
Nontransparent Monument (Stele 1) Print Acc. 999.2007.a	2006	One from a series of five ink rubbings	composition (irreg.): 90 3/16 x 49 5/8" (229 x 126 cm); sheet (irreg.): 96 1/16 x 51 3/16" (244 x 130 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Stephen F. Dull Fund
Nontransparent Monument (Stele 3) Print Acc. 999.2007.b	2006	One from a series of five ink rubbings	composition (irreg.): 73 1/4 x 49 3/16" (186 x 125 cm); sheet (irreg.): 76 15/16 x 51 3/16" (195.5 x 130 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Stephen F. Dull Fund
Nontransparent Monument (Stele 4) Print Acc. 999.2007.c	2006	One from a series of five ink rubbings	composition (irreg.): 61 13/16 x 51 3/16" (157 x 130 cm); sheet (irreg.): 69 5/16 x 51 9/16" (176 x 131 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Stephen F. Dull Fund
Nontransparent Monument (Stele 6) Print Acc. 999.2007.d	2006	One from a series of five ink rubbings	composition (irreg.): 83 1/4 × 46 5/8" (211.5 × 118.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 88 7/8 × 51 3/16" (225.7 × 130 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Stephen F. Dull Fund
Nontransparent Monument (Stele 7) Print Acc. 999.2007.e	2006	One from a series of five ink rubbings	composition (irreg.): 67 5/16 x 48 13/16" (171 x 124 cm); sheet (irreg.): 76 3/8 x 51 3/16" (194 x 130 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Stephen F. Dull Fund