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Acanthus
(From the Fruits and Flowers Suite)
1994
Screenprint
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil
23 x 22 in. (58.4 x 56 cm.)
Edition of 125
SOLD
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Black and Blue
2008
Original screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed by the artist in pencil, dated and numbered
24 x 21 1/2 in. (61 x 54.6 cm), unframed
Edition of 190
SOLD
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Blue Poppies
2015
Painted aluminium on polished aluminum base
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
24 1/2 x 24 1/4 x 3 in. (62 x 61 x 7.6 cm)
Edition of 25
SOLD
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Blue Poppies
2018
Original screenprint in colors, with flocking on two-ply museum board
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil
39 x 39 in. (99 x 99 cm), unframed
Edition of 40
SOLD
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Blue Poppy
2014
Screenprint in colors with enamel inks and textured surface on museum board
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
60 x 60 inches (152.5 x 152.5 cm)
Edition of 30
SOLD
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Blue Poppy
2015
Screenprint with enamel inks and flocking on museum board
Signed by the artist in pencil, dated and numbered
46 x 46 in (117 x 117 cm), unframed
Edition of 40
SOLD
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Blues, Sept. 20th
2008
Screenprint with flocking
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
24 x 24 inches (61 x 61 cm)
Edition of 75
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Blues, Sept. 24th
2008
Screenprint with flocking
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
24 x 24 inches (61 x 61 cm)
Edition of 75
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Dried Roses
1998
(from the Visual Poetics portfolio)
Screenprint in colors on velin Coventry paper
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil by the artist
16 x 16 in.(40.5 x 40.5 cm),unframed
Edition of 395
SOLD
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Eight Poppies
2010
Screenprint with flocking on Museum Board
Signed, dated and numbered (along the left vertical border)
20 x 37 in. (51 x 94 cm.), unframed
Edition of 75
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Lilies
1998
Original screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered (along the left margin, vertically)
26 x 21 1/4 in. (66 x 54 cm), unframed
Edition of 70
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Mimosas
2008
Original screenprint in colors
Signed by the artist in pencil, dated and numbered
27 1/2 x 39 1/4 in (70 x 99.7 cm), unframed
Edition of 108
(Published by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYC)
SOLD
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Pomegranates
(from the Fruits and Flowers suite)
1994
Screenprint
Signed and numbered
23 x 22 in
Edition of 125
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Poppies, June 3, 2011 (White)
2011
Color silkscreen with flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, white 2-ply museum board
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered
39 x 39 inches (99 x 99 cm), unframed
One of three numbered printers proofs outside of the edition of 30
SOLD
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Red Poppies July 24, 2012
2012
Screenprint with tar and flocking
Hand signed, dated and numbered
22 x 38.75 in. (55.9 x 98.4 cm.)
Edition of 75
SOLD
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Reds and Blacks
2008
Screenprint with flocking
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
52 x 76 inches (132 x 193 cm)
Edition of 50
SOLD
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Smoke Rings (August 13, 2001)
2001
Digital Inkjet Print
Signed and numbered
23 x 23 in
Edition of 75
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Yellow Peppers
(from the Fruits and Flowers suite)
1994
Screenprint
Signed and numbered
23 x 22 in
Edition of 125
SOLD
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Yellow Poppy
2014
Screenprint in colors with enamel inks and textured surface on museum board
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
60 x 60 inches (152.5 x 152.5 cm)
Edition of 30
SOLD
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Red Poppy
2014
Screenprint in colors with enamel inks and textured surface on museum board
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
60 x 60 inches (152.5 x 152.5 cm)
Edition of 30
SOLD
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Smoke Rings (Oct 16, 2005)
2005
Archival pigment print
Signed, dated, titled and numbered by the artist in pencil
34 x 34 inches (86 x 86 cm)
Edition of 75
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Smoke Rings (Nov 12, 2001)
2001
Digital Inkjet Print
Signed and numbered
23 x 23 in
Edition of 75
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Yellow Mimosas
2015
15-color screenprint with white flocking on museum board
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
32 x 45 inches (81.3 x 114.3 cm)
Edition of 50
SOLD
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Orange Flowers
1996
Screenprint in colors
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
18 x 13 inches (45.7 x 33 cm)
Edition of 100
SOLD
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Lantern Flowers, May 10, 2012 (Coral)
2012
Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
24 x 24 inches (61 x 61 cm)
Edition of 50
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Lantern Flowers, May 10, 2012 (White)
2012
Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
24 x 24 inches (61 x 61 cm)
Edition of 50
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Four Reds, September 30, 2002
Color screenprint with collage on white Somerset
Signed by the artist in pencil, dated and numbered
Edition of 150
22 x 28.2 inches (55.9 x 71.6 cm)
SOLD
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Black and Red
2007
Screenprint with flocking
Signed, dated and numbered
24 x 24 in
Edition of 75
SOLD
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Black Poppies
2007
Screenprint with flocking
Signed, dated and numbered
24 x 24 in
Edition of 75
SOLD
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Blues and Blacks
2008
Screenprint with flocking
Signed and numbered
52 x 76 in
Edition of 25
SOLD
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Butterflies
2006
20-color screenprint with flocking
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
38 x 38 inches (96.5 x 96.5 cm)
Edition of 75
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Monarchs
2006
22-color screenprint with flocking
Signed, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil
38 x 38 inches (96.5 x 96.5 cm)
Edition of 75
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Eight Whites
2008
Screenprint with flocking
Signed and numbered |
58 x 58 in
Edition of 50
SOLD
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Five Lemons, a Pear and an Egg
(from the Fruits and Flowers suite)
1994
Screenprint
Signed and numbered
23 x 22 in
Edition of 125
SOLD
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Five Reds
2008
Screenprint with flocking
Signed and numbered
60 x 60 in
Edition of 10
SOLD
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Five Whites
2008
Screenprint with flocking
Signed and numbered
60 x 60 in
Edition of 10
SOLD
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Morning Glories I
1991
Aquatint
Signed and numbered
60 x 48 in
Edition of 60
SOLD
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Morning Glories II
1991
Aquatint
Signed and numbered
60 x 48 in
Edition of 60
SOLD
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Pomegranates I
Aquatint
Signed and numbered
40 x 30 in
Edition of 60
SOLD
-
Pomegranates II
Aquatint
Signed and numbered
40 x 30 in
Edition of 60
SOLD
-
Pomegranates III
Aquatint
Signed and numbered
40 x 30 in
Edition of 60
SOLD
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Poppies, June 4, 2011 (Coral)
2011
Color silkscreen with flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, white 2-ply museum board
39 x 39 inches (99.1 x 99.1 cm)
Edition of 30
SOLD
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Poppies, June 5, 2011 (Aqua)
2011
Color silkscreen with flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, white 2-ply museum board
39 x 39 inches (99.1 x 99.1 cm)
Edition of 30
SOLD
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Red and Black
Red and Black
2007
Screenprint with flocking
Signed, dated and numbered
24 x 24 in
Edition of 75
SOLD
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Red Poppies
2007
Screenprint with flocking
Signed, dated and numbered
24 x 24 in
Edition of 75
SOLD
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Smoke Rings (June 6, 2001)
2001
Digital Inkjet Print
Signed and numbered
23 x 23 in
Edition of 75
SOLD
-
Smoke Rings (Dec 2, 2001)
2001
Digital Inkjet Print
Signed and numbered
23 x 23 in
Edition of 75
SOLD
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Three Reds
2007
Screenprint with flocking
Signed, dated and numbered
24 x 24 in
Edition of 75
SOLD
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Six Yellows
2007
Screenprint
Signed and numbered
30 x 38 in
Edition of 60
SOLD
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Two Pears, a Lemon and an Egg
(from the Fruits and Flowers suite)
1994
Screenprint
Signed and numbered
23 x 22 in
Edition of 125
Donald Sultan (born 1951) is one of the leading American contemporary still life artists. He currently lives and works in New York.
Born in 1951 in Asheville, North Carolina, Donald Sultan received his BFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. He moved to New York in 1975. The work of Donald Sultan is voluminous and varied. Since his first one-man show in 1977, he has enjoyed a distinguished career as painter, printmaker, and sculptor. His extensive body of work has placed him at the forefront of contemporary art, where he has become best known for his ability to successfully merge the best of yesterday’s artistic tradition with a fresh, modern approach that is unique.
Although his paintings fit into the criteria of a still life, Sultan describes these works as first and foremost abstract. The largeness of Sultan’s compositions, huge pieces of fruit, flowers, dominoes and other objects, set against the stark, unsettling tar-black, eight-foot square background, dominate the viewer. He is best known for his lemons, flowers and fruit, and states that his subjects develop from previous work. For example: the oval of his lemons has led to a series of oval-blossomed tulips, dots from dice have become oranges. What does not change with Sultan’s work is the powerful statement his forms make. Sultan’s work incorporates basic geometric and organic forms with a formal purity that is both subtle and monumental. His images are weighty, with equal emphasis on both negative and positive areas. Sultan describes his work as “heavy structure, holding fragile meaning” with the ability to “turn you off and turn you on at the same time.” Sultan’s still lifes have been described as studies in contrast. His powerfully sensual, fleshy object representations are rendered through a labor-intensive and unique method.
Sultan has been given numerous exhibitions dedicated to his work, as well as having been included in a number of group shows. Sultan has received two honorary doctorate degrees from The Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. and the New York Academy of Art. His work is included in the permanent collection of many prestigious institutions including: The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Tate Gallery in London, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Sultan, Donald
(From the Fruits and Flowers Suite) 1994 Screenprint Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil 23 x 22 in. (58.4 x 56 cm.) Edition of 125 SOLD2008 Original screenprint in colors on wove paper Signed by the artist in pencil, dated and numbered 24 x 21 1/2 in. (61 x 54.6 cm), unframed Edition of 190 SOLD2015 Painted aluminium on polished aluminum base Signed, titled, dated and numbered 24 1/2 x 24 1/4 x 3 in. (62 x 61 x 7.6 cm) Edition of 25 SOLD2018 Original screenprint in colors, with flocking on two-ply museum board Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil 39 x 39 in. (99 x 99 cm), unframed Edition of 40 SOLD2014 Screenprint in colors with enamel inks and textured surface on museum board Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil 60 x 60 inches (152.5 x 152.5 cm) Edition of 30 SOLD2015 Screenprint with enamel inks and flocking on museum board Signed by the artist in pencil, dated and numbered 46 x 46 in (117 x 117 cm), unframed Edition of 40 SOLD1998 (from the Visual Poetics portfolio) Screenprint in colors on velin Coventry paper Signed, dated and numbered in pencil by the artist 16 x 16 in.(40.5 x 40.5 cm),unframed Edition of 395 SOLD2008 Original screenprint in colors Signed by the artist in pencil, dated and numbered 27 1/2 x 39 1/4 in (70 x 99.7 cm), unframed Edition of 108 (Published by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYC) SOLD2011 Color silkscreen with flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, white 2-ply museum board Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 39 x 39 inches (99 x 99 cm), unframed One of three numbered printers proofs outside of the edition of 30 SOLD2012 Screenprint with tar and flocking Hand signed, dated and numbered 22 x 38.75 in. (55.9 x 98.4 cm.) Edition of 75 SOLD2008 Screenprint with flocking Signed, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil 52 x 76 inches (132 x 193 cm) Edition of 50 SOLD(from the Fruits and Flowers suite) 1994 Screenprint Signed and numbered 23 x 22 in Edition of 125 SOLD2014 Screenprint in colors with enamel inks and textured surface on museum board Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil 60 x 60 inches (152.5 x 152.5 cm) Edition of 30 SOLD2014 Screenprint in colors with enamel inks and textured surface on museum board Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil 60 x 60 inches (152.5 x 152.5 cm) Edition of 30 SOLD2015 15-color screenprint with white flocking on museum board Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil 32 x 45 inches (81.3 x 114.3 cm) Edition of 50 SOLD1996 Screenprint in colors Signed, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil 18 x 13 inches (45.7 x 33 cm) Edition of 100 SOLDColor screenprint with collage on white Somerset Signed by the artist in pencil, dated and numbered Edition of 150 22 x 28.2 inches (55.9 x 71.6 cm) SOLD2007 Screenprint with flocking Signed, dated and numbered 24 x 24 in Edition of 75 SOLD2007 Screenprint with flocking Signed, dated and numbered 24 x 24 in Edition of 75 SOLD2008 Screenprint with flocking Signed and numbered 52 x 76 in Edition of 25 SOLD2008 Screenprint with flocking Signed and numbered | 58 x 58 in Edition of 50 SOLD(from the Fruits and Flowers suite) 1994 Screenprint Signed and numbered 23 x 22 in Edition of 125 SOLD2008 Screenprint with flocking Signed and numbered 60 x 60 in Edition of 10 SOLD2008 Screenprint with flocking Signed and numbered 60 x 60 in Edition of 10 SOLD1991 Aquatint Signed and numbered 60 x 48 in Edition of 60 SOLD1991 Aquatint Signed and numbered 60 x 48 in Edition of 60 SOLDAquatint Signed and numbered 40 x 30 in Edition of 60 SOLDAquatint Signed and numbered 40 x 30 in Edition of 60 SOLDAquatint Signed and numbered 40 x 30 in Edition of 60 SOLD2011 Color silkscreen with flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, white 2-ply museum board 39 x 39 inches (99.1 x 99.1 cm) Edition of 30 SOLD2011 Color silkscreen with flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, white 2-ply museum board 39 x 39 inches (99.1 x 99.1 cm) Edition of 30 SOLDRed and Black 2007 Screenprint with flocking Signed, dated and numbered 24 x 24 in Edition of 75 SOLD2007 Screenprint with flocking Signed, dated and numbered 24 x 24 in Edition of 75 SOLD2001 Digital Inkjet Print Signed and numbered 23 x 23 in Edition of 75 SOLD2001 Digital Inkjet Print Signed and numbered 23 x 23 in Edition of 75 SOLD2007 Screenprint with flocking Signed, dated and numbered 24 x 24 in Edition of 75 SOLD2007 Screenprint Signed and numbered 30 x 38 in Edition of 60 SOLDBorn in 1951 in Asheville, North Carolina, Donald Sultan received his BFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. He moved to New York in 1975. The work of Donald Sultan is voluminous and varied. Since his first one-man show in 1977, he has enjoyed a distinguished career as painter, printmaker, and sculptor. His extensive body of work has placed him at the forefront of contemporary art, where he has become best known for his ability to successfully merge the best of yesterday’s artistic tradition with a fresh, modern approach that is unique.
Although his paintings fit into the criteria of a still life, Sultan describes these works as first and foremost abstract. The largeness of Sultan’s compositions, huge pieces of fruit, flowers, dominoes and other objects, set against the stark, unsettling tar-black, eight-foot square background, dominate the viewer. He is best known for his lemons, flowers and fruit, and states that his subjects develop from previous work. For example: the oval of his lemons has led to a series of oval-blossomed tulips, dots from dice have become oranges. What does not change with Sultan’s work is the powerful statement his forms make. Sultan’s work incorporates basic geometric and organic forms with a formal purity that is both subtle and monumental. His images are weighty, with equal emphasis on both negative and positive areas. Sultan describes his work as “heavy structure, holding fragile meaning” with the ability to “turn you off and turn you on at the same time.” Sultan’s still lifes have been described as studies in contrast. His powerfully sensual, fleshy object representations are rendered through a labor-intensive and unique method.
Sultan has been given numerous exhibitions dedicated to his work, as well as having been included in a number of group shows. Sultan has received two honorary doctorate degrees from The Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. and the New York Academy of Art. His work is included in the permanent collection of many prestigious institutions including: The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Tate Gallery in London, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.