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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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...
Screen
$260
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
$2,498
H 11.5 in W 16.5 in
Mark Drew "They Say Rap's Changed" Print Dr. Dre & Snoop Dog Silkscreen Print
By Mark Drew
Located in Draper, UT
Mark Drew is an acclaimed artist known for his unique fusion of music and visual art. Hailing from a background deeply rooted in the world of hip-hop and urban culture, Drew brings h...
Screen
$2,514
H 15.75 in W 13 in D 0.4 in
François Xavier Lalanne, bird on lillies, 2006
By François-Xavier Lalanne
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Natural history - François-Xavier Lalanne Etching Numbered out of 70 and signed F.X.L. in pencil Robert and Lydie Dutrou editors 2006. Paper size: 40x33cm Work size: 16x19.5cm
Paper
Quien se pondra el cascabel al gato?
By Francisco Goya
Located in New York, NY
Etching and burnished aquatint on laid paper, circa 1824. From the four additional plates for Los Proverbios. Sheet size 11.5 x 16.75 inches. Framed dimension 17 x 21 inches. Prove...
Etching
$275
H 7 in W 7 in
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (Keith Haring Hiroshima)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Hiroshima 1988: Rare 1988 7” Japanese vinyl record featuring original artwork by Keith Haring. Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art and unique vintage K...
Offset
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
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
$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
$1,000
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
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
Andy Warhol Musee d’Art Moderne catalog (Warhol Cow)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol Paris, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1970: Rare original Andy Warhol exhibition catalog featuring a Warhol Pink Cow cover. Published on the occasion of the Warhol solo show at the MAM, Paris, Dec. 16, 1970 - Jan. 14, 1971. A must have rare vintage Andy Warhol Cows collectible. 1st edition; 1970. Single sheet folded, twelve-page accordion style booklet. Text by Alfred Pacquement (French). Exhibition checklist found within. Reverse features a candid, black and white portrait of Warhol. Medium: Offset printed Exhibition Catalog. Dimensions: Folded 7.75 × 10.5 inches; Unfolded: 7.75 x 47 inches. Condition: Very good overall vintage condition; hand written notations to interior first page. Unsigned from edition of unknown. Further Background: Andy Warhol was inspired to by art dealer Ivan Karp to create his Cows in the 1960s. Warhol’s printer Gerard Malanga chose the photograph of the cow, however it was Warhol’s unique pop art style that made the final product so interested. He chose a bold color scheme of bright pink on yellow, which turned the pastoral animal into an amusing and oddly exciting subject matter. Warhol then printed the electrifying Cow image on wallpaper, introducing this process to his creative production. In Warhol’s classic mode of repetition, every inch of the walls were covered with hot pink and yellow Cows. Castelli was so moved by the show, that he had professionals install the wallpaper so that the guests could experience Andy Warhol’s vision. _ Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, Pop Art king, Andy Warhol created some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. Warhol was widely influenced by popular & consumer culture, with this being evident in some of his most famous works: 32 Campbell's soup cans, Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe & Mick Jagger, for example. Rejecting the standard painting and sculpting modes of his era, Warhol embraced silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of color. The artist mentored Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and continues to influence contemporary art around the world: His most bold successors include Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons. Warhol has been the subject of exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou, among other institutions. Related Categories Warhol prints. Warhol prints. Warhol screen print...
Paper, Offset
$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
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