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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Red Poppies, Sept 7, 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...
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Silver Poppies, Sept 7, 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...
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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...
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Blue Poppies, Sept 7, 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...
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Yellow Poppies, Sept 7, 2022 (Ed: 23/50)
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...
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Red 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...
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White 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...
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Black Poppies, Sept 7, 2022 (Ed: 23/50)
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...
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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...
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Blue 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...
Screen
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...
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Fish Tank
By Luigi Rist
Located in New York, NY
Color woodcut on Japan paper. Signed by the artist in ink, lower right. Titled and numbered 22/100 in pencil, lower left. Strong, vibrant colors; a richly-inked impression. Cata...
Woodcut, Color
$256
H 12.41 in W 11.03 in D 0.2 in
Harry Bunce, June, The Happy year, Harry Bunce, Limited edition print, Animal art
By Harry Bunce
Located in Deddington, GB
Harry Bunce June The Happy Year Limited Edition Print Edition of 365 (one for each day of the year) Image Size: H 31.5cm x W 28cm Signed Sold Unframed...
Paper
Cow
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on wallpaper, 1971. Printed by Bill Miller's Wallpaper Studio, Inc., New York. Published for a Warhol exhibition at the Whitney Museum by Factory Additions, New Yor...
Screen
$647
H 31.11 in W 17.72 in
Crows. Contemporary Mixed Media Painting, Abstraction, Birds, Polish art
By Anna Mikke
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary mixed media on board painting by Polish artist Anna Mikke. Birds are next to people favourite artistic subject of Mikke. This piece is in neutral colors, the background ...
Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Fantastic Zoology I.
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Lovely etching, framed, with fine art glass. Signed, E/A.
Etching
$1,075
H 26.88 in W 20.63 in D 0.88 in
Midnight Wolf: A Limited Edition Clarence Mills Signed Haida Inuit Print
Located in Alamo, CA
"Midnight Wolf" is a framed signed limited edition abstract inuit native people's work by Northwest Coast Haida artist Clarence Mills. The print depicts a st...
Woodcut
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 36.5 in W 24.5 in D 0.05 in
Original Pamplona Running of the Bulls vintage poster San Fermin, Spain
Located in Spokane, WA
Original San Fermin Pamplona running of the bulls, vintage poster. Archival linen backed in very fine condition ready to frame. Artist: Alonso Astarloa....
Lithograph
$760
H 22 in W 18 in
FAILE "RED DOG" Golden Edition Screen Print 2018 Street Contemporary Art Classic
By Faile
Located in Draper, UT
Manufacturer: FAILE is the Brooklyn-based artistic collaboration between Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller. Since its inception in 1999, FAILE has been known for a wide ranging multi...
Gold
$2,000
H 25.5 in W 19.5 in D 1 in
Complicite 1980 Signed Lithograph with Screen Printing
By Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (Corneille)
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Guillaume Corneille Complicite 1980 Print, Signed Lithograph on wove paper 25½ x 19½ " inches Signed in pencil and dated Cat added by artist As a co-founder of the famed experimen...
Lithograph, Screen
$797
H 17.72 in W 13.78 in
Abstract India Landscape Rajasthan Tarzan Horse Viscosity Print Nature Teracotta
By Mukesh Sharma
Located in Norfolk, GB
There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rura...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Washi Paper
Circus Triad 1981 Signed Screen Print by Arne Besser
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Arne Besser Title: Circus Triad Year: 1981 Print: Silkscreen printed on Somerset White Satin Size: 26 x 22 in Signed in pencil and marked A.P. 22/30 Unframed Arne Besser ...
Screen
$576Sale Price|50% Off
H 23.63 in W 25.6 in D 0.04 in
Tree of life. 1982, Paper, linocut, print size 50x56 cm; total 60x65 cm
By Dainis Rozkalns
Located in Riga, LV
Tree of life. 1982, Paper, linocut, print size 50x56 cm; total 60x65 cm Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018) Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction publications. The ...
Paper, Linocut
Black Poppies, Sept 7, 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...
Screen