Donald Sultan Art
American, b. 1951
Donald Sultan is a distinguished painter, sculptor, and printmaker who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as part of the “New Image” movement in New York City.
Sultan has a unique artistic method and innovative approach to traditional subject matter. Known as Abstract Representation, Sultan’s paintings, prints and other art are characterized by the use of geometric black forms set against organic areas of bright color, thus bringing an abstract sensibility to his iconographic images of still life. Throughout his career he has revisited and reinvented still life, using images of lemons, poppies, playing cards, fruits, flowers, and other objects. Sultan’s lemons, a recurrent theme in his artworks, have in fact become an iconic image all over the world.
“All of the images of those dark pictures are really about the architecture in the paintings; they seem so massive and strong and permanent, but nothing is permanent,” Sultan has said. “The image in the front is very fragile, but it conveys the loaded meaning of everything that is contained in the painting.”
Sultan is considered to be at the forefront of contemporary art. Although his paintings are often classified as landscapes and still lifes, Sultan states that they are first and foremost abstracts. Besides paintings, drawings, and sculptures, he has created many editions. Sultan’s prints are unique: he uses specific materials like “flocking” to create expressive and powerful prints that are reminiscent of his forceful paintings. Since his first solo exhibition in 1977, Sultan’s artistic career has progressed rapidly; his works are part of the most prominent public and private collections to be found across the globe.
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Artist: Donald Sultan
Six Yellow Poppies, 2021
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and over printed flocking on Somerset 500 gsm Satin Radiant White with deckle edges.
Edition of 60
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Ink, Satin Paper
Yellow Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
By Donald Sultan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
White Poppies, Aug 17, 2022
By Donald Sultan
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Donald Sultan
Title: White Poppies, Aug 17, 2022
Portfolio: 2022 Poppies Portfolio
Medium: Silkscreen with overprinted flocking on 4-ply Rising Mus...
Category
2010s Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Four Reds, Sept 30 2002
By Donald Sultan
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
For more than thirty years, Donald Sultan has experimented with and expanded still life painting. He takes familiar objects such as flowers, fruits, playing cards, and factory sites,...
Category
Early 2000s Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Black Roses
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Set of three aquatints on Twinrocker handmade paper. Each initialed, titled and dated in pencil, left margin, and numbered 17/53 in pencil. Printed by I.M.E. Studios, New York. Publi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Aquatint
French Iris I
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairlawn, OH
French Iris I
Reducutve color woodcut, 1982
Unsigned
Stamped verso “Imprimerie Arnera Archives/Non Signe”
From: Tramp Picture series
"The printer was Claude Jinchat at Imprimerie Arn...
Category
1980s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Linocut
Monarchs, January 24, 2006
By Donald Sultan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“Monarchs, January 24, 2006”
Serigraph on Paper
22-color silkscreen with tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board
Edition 46 of 75
Signed, titled, dated and initialed by artist
Donald...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Yellow Poppies, Aug 17, 2022
By Donald Sultan
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Donald Sultan
Title: Yellow Poppies, Aug 17, 2022
Portfolio: 2022 Poppies Portfolio
Medium: Silkscreen with overprinted flocking on 4-ply Rising M...
Category
2010s Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Orange and Green, June 17, 2021
By Donald Sultan
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Donald Sultan
Title: Orange and Green, June 17, 2021
Year: 2021
Medium: Silkscreen with overprinted flocking on Rising 4-ply Museum Board
Sheet: 36 x 72 inches (91 x 183 cm)...
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Silver Flowers, March 3, 2011
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Silver Flowers, March 3, 2011
Silkscreen with hand applied black Silica
on Sauders Waterford paper, 410gm hot press
38 x 38 inches
edition of 75
Prin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Yellow Poppies Sept 12, 2013
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Yellow Poppies is a natural companion for Red Poppies, March 21, 2012 and is equally strong installed solo. The multi-layered cropped poppies bleed to the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Donald Sultan 'Seven Blues Jan. 24, 2024' - Limited Edition Silkscreen
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Donald Sultan's 'Seven Blues Jan. 24, 2024' is a masterful color silkscreen featuring enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like textures, limited to an edition of 30.
Donald Sułtan
Seven...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Donald Sultan "Black Lemon" 1988 Original Charcoal Drawing - Signed - Iconic
By Donald Sultan
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
DONALD SULTAN
Signed, titled & dated in pencil along the left edge of the paper.
In excellent condition
Provenance: McIntosh/Drysdale, Washington, D.C. 1988; Private Collection, Bethesda, Maryland; Private collection, San Diego, CA
Exhibition History: The Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C. "Donald Sultan: In The Still Life Tradition" May 10-July 7...
Category
1980s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Yellow Flowers
By Donald Sultan
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Sultan’s artworks are rich in color and texture. He is known for his iconic, abstract poppy flowers. The poppies are large in scale and overlay a minimal background, often made from tar. This Mixografia print, "Yellow Flowers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen
Two Pears a Lemon and an Egg by Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Hinsdale, IL
DONALD SULTAN
(b. 1951)
Two Pears a Lemon and an Egg
Screenprint in colors on Arches 88 paper, 1994
Sheet Size: 22” x 23”, full margins.
Impression 67...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Six Red Poppies, 2021
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and over printed flocking on Somerset 500 gsm Satin Radiant White with deckle edges.
Edition of 60
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Ink, Satin Paper
Mimosa, Sept 29, 2021
By Donald Sultan
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Donald Sultan
Title: Mimosa, Sept 29, 2021
Year: 2021
Medium: Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on Rising 4-ply Museum Board
Sheet: 42 x 42 inches (107 x 107 cm)
Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Blue with yellow poppies
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Shaped aluminum with stainless steel centers, powder coated, mounted on polished stainless steel base.
Sultan, an internationally recognized artist who rose to prominence in the lat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Metal
Big blue poppies
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
¾ inch thick painted aluminum. Edition of 6. Comes with powder coat painted black aluminum base. A polished stainless steel base is available for an additional charge
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Metal
Bugs serigraph from "Visual Poetics: The Art of Donald Sultan" signed & numbered
By Donald Sultan
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Serigraph from "Visual Poetics: The Art of Donald Sultan" framed under glass in natural wood frame. Initialed and numbered. Edition 112 of 395. Framed dimensions: 19 1/2 x 19 1/4 inc...
Category
1990s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Big Yellow Poppies, 2015
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Donald Sultan (born 1951), is one of the leading American contemporary still life artists. He currently lives and works in New York.
Sultan has been given numerous exhibitions dedica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Steel
Six Green Poppies, 2021
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and over printed flocking on Somerset 500 gsm Satin Radiant White with deckle edges.
Edition of 60
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Ink, Satin Paper
Black Tulips and Vase, April 5 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Black
By Donald Sultan
Located in Zug, CH
Belonging to the famous Flower series, this sculpture is an abstract reinterpretation of still life tradition.
Donald Sultan, Black Tulips and Vase, April 5
Black Tulips and Vase, A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Steel
Blue and White, Feb 10, 2017
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen in colors with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board.
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Enamel
ACANTHUS
By Donald Sultan
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand titled, dated, initialed and numbered by the artist. From the Fruits and Flowers suite. Sheet size 23 x 22 inches. Image size 12 x 12 inches. Frame size approx 30 x 29 inches. A...
Category
1990s Pop Art Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Mimosa Sept 29, 2021
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on Rising 4-ply museum board
Edition 40 of 40
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Ink, Board
POMEGRANATES
By Donald Sultan
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand titled, dated, initialed and numbered by the artist. From the Fruits and Flowers suite. Sheet size 23 x 22 inches. Image size 12 x 12 inches. Frame size approx 31 x 30 inches. A...
Category
1990s Pop Art Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Aqua poppies
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Shaped aluminum with aqua powder coat on polished aluminum base.
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Metal
Mimosa with Green, Jan 25, 2023
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Sultan, an internationally recognized artist who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as part of the “New Image” movement, is known for elevating the still-life tradition through the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Poppies
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Shaped aluminum with black powder coat on polished aluminum base. Edition 21/25.
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Metal
BLACK LEMON ON YELLOW, JULY 24 2018
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
This piece is unframed.
Category
2010s Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Enamel
2 PEARS, A LEMON, AND AN EGG
By Donald Sultan
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand titled, dated, initialed and numbered by the artist. From the Fruits and Flowers suite. Sheet size 23 x 22 inches. Image size 12 x 12 inches. Frame size approx 31 x 30 inches. A...
Category
1990s Pop Art Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
YELLOW LEMON ON BLACK, JULY 24 2018
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
This piece is unframed.
Category
2010s Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Enamel
White and Black, Feb 10, 2017
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen in colors with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board. Edition 35/50. Sold as Lantern Flowers, Feb 10, 2017 suite of four prints for $11,500.
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Enamel
Acanthus from Fruit and Flowers III
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil recto
Image size is 12 x 12 inches, Framed size is 26 x 25 inches
Published by Parasol Press
Category
1990s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Pomegranates 1994 Signed Limited Edition Silkscreen
By Donald Sultan
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Pomegranates 1994
Print - Silkscreen
Paper size 22.75'' x 21.75'' inches
Image size 12" x 12" inches
Edition: signed in pencil, titled, dated and marked 4/125
Donald Sultan
The ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Silver Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
By Donald Sultan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Wallflower 27
By Donald Sultan
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Donald Sultan
Title: Wallflower 27
Portfolio: Wallflowers
Medium: Screenprint on paper
Date: 2008
Edition: 106/190
Frame Size: 31" x 28 1/2"
Sheet Size: 24 1/4" x 21 1/2"
Sig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Pomegranates
By Donald Sultan
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Donald Sultan
Pomegranates
1994
Screenprint
22 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.
Edition of 125
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and always stored flat in mylar for its protection.
Frame: This work is framed floated in a wood frame with plexi glass.
ABOUT THE WORK / ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Donald Sultan is a contemporary painter best known for his use of industrial materials to depict everyday subjects. Sultan uses recurring imagery — mostly flowers, but also images such as fruits — to create colorful still lifes, combining a Minimalist aesthetic of few colors and geometric shapes.
Sultan was born on May 5, 1952 in Asheville, NC and moved to New York in 1975, becoming a part of the New Image movement along with fellow painters Susan...
Category
1990s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Donald Sultan 'Fish' (From Fruit and Flowers), Limited Edition, Signed Print
By Donald Sultan
Located in San Rafael, CA
Donald Sultan (American, b. 1951)
"Fish (From Fruit and Flowers Portfolio)" 1990
Screenprint in colors on Arches 88 paper
Pencil initialed, titled, and dated left of image
Edition 61...
Category
1990s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Lithograph
Red and White, Feb 10, 2017
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen in colors with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board.
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Enamel
Yellow and White, Feb 10, 2017
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen in colors with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board.
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Enamel
Yellow and Black, Feb 10, 2017
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen in colors with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board. Edition 35/50. Sold as Lantern Flowers, Feb 10, 2017 suite of four prints for $11,500.
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Enamel
Monarchs, Jan 24
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Yellow Poppies is a natural companion for Red Poppies, March 21, 2012 and is equally strong installed solo. The multi-layered cropped poppies bleed to the paper edge and mimic the su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Butterflies, Jan 25, 2006
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Yellow Poppies is a natural companion for Red Poppies, March 21, 2012 and is equally strong installed solo. The multi-layered cropped poppies bleed to the paper edge and mimic the su...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Donald Sultan, Yellow Roses, Screenprint, signed/N, 70/100, hand made wood frame
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Donald Sultan
Yellow Roses, 1992
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Pencil signed, titled, dated March 9, 1992 and numbered 70/100 by Donald Sultan on th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Squash, Conceptual Signed Screenprint by Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Sultan, American (1951 - )
Title: Squash
Year: 1991
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125
Image Size: 12 x 12 inches
Size: 23 x 22 in. (58.42...
Category
1990s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Yellow Mimosa with Orange
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Created by the artist in 2024, Yellow Mimosa with Orange is a screenprint in colors with enamel inks and sand on museum board. Measuring 22 x 22 in. (56 x 56 cm), unframed, the artwo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Printer's Ink, Screen
Visual Poetics
By Donald Sultan
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Donald Sultan
Title: Visual Poetics
Portfolio: Visual Poetics
Medium: Screenprint
Date: 1998
Edition: 170/395
Frame Size: 19 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Sheet Size: 16 1/4" x 16 1/4"
Sign...
Category
1990s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Yellow Poppies, Aug. 17, 2022
By Donald Sultan
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sultan, Donald
Title: Yellow Poppies, Aug. 17,2022
Date: 2022
Medium: color silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board
Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 30"...
Category
2010s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Wallflower 21
By Donald Sultan
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Donald Sultan
Title: Wallflower 21
Portfolio: Wallflowers
Medium: Screenprint on paper
Date: 2008
Edition: 106/190
Frame Size: 29 3/8" x 26 3/4"
Sheet Size: 24 1/4" x 21 1/2"...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Untitled from Wallflowers Series
By Donald Sultan
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Donald K. Sultan
(b. 1951)
Untitled, from Wallflowers
Screenprint in colors on wove paper, 2008
24-1/4 x 21-5/8 inches (61.6 x 54.9 cm) (sheet)
Ed. 53/190
Initialed, numbered, date...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Donald Sultan, from the Wallflowers Series Signed Limited Edition Print
By Donald Sultan
Located in San Rafael, CA
Donald K. Sultan (American, born 1951)
Untitled, from Wallflowers, 2008
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed with artist's initials, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil along...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Yellow Mimosa with Red
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Created by the artist in 2024, Yellow Mimosa with Red is a screenprint in colors with enamel inks and sand on museum board. Measuring 22 x 22 in. (56 x 56 cm), unframed, the artwork ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Printer's Ink, Screen
Red Pears, Screenprint by Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Sultan, American (1951 - )
Title: Red Pears
Year: 1989
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125
Image Size: 12 x 12 inches
Size: 23 x 22 in. (58....
Category
1980s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Red Poppies, Screenprint by Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Sultan, American (1951 - )
Title: Red Poppies
Year: 1989
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125
Image Size: 12 x 12 ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Screen
Yellow Mimosa with Green
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Created by the artist in 2024, Yellow Mimosa with Green is a screenprint in colors with enamel inks and sand on museum board. Measuring 22 x 22 in. (56 x 56 cm), unframed, the artwor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Printer's Ink, Screen
Poles and Cypresses
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Poles and Cypresses
Woodcut printed in black, 1982
Unsigned
From: Tramp Picture series
"The printer was Claude Jinchat at Imprimerie Arnéra, Vallauris. The set was published by Blum ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Donald Sultan Art
Materials
Linocut
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