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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(Biography provided by Weng Contemporary — ArtXX AG)
Red Trumpet, Signed Minimalist Aquatint Etching by Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Long Island City, NY
One of four prints in Donald Sultan's 2008 portfolio Trumpet March, Red Trumpet is as striking a piece of minimalist art as it is quintessentially Sultan. While often classified as s...
Etching, Aquatint
Five Lemons A Pear and Egg 1994 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
By Donald Sultan
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Five Lemons A Pear and Egg : Fruits and Flowers Suite 1994 Print - Screen Print Paper size 22.75'' x 21.75'' inches Image size 12" x 12" inches Edition: signed in pencil, titled, d...
Screen
$6,800Sale Price|20% Off
Red Poppies, Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Donald Sultan (1951) Title: Red Poppies Year: 2012 Medium: Silkscreen with Tar & Flocking on Museum Board Edition: 10/75, plus proofs Size: 23 x 39 inches Condition: Excellen...
Tar, Screen
Donald Sultan Color Silkscreen Print, Signed, 2018, Red Poppies
By Donald Sultan
Located in Washington, DC
DONALD SULTAN RED POPPIES Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Red Poppies Portfolio: 2018 Four Poppies Medium: Color silkscreen with enamel inks, f...
Screen
Big Poppies Silkscreen Print, Signed Edition of 30, 2014, 60.5 in.
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
'Big Poppies', 2014 Donald Sultan Silkscreen print 60.5 x 60.5 in. / 153 x 153 cm. Edition of 30, Signed by the Artist ‘Big Poppies’ is a portfolio consisting of three striking prin...
Screen
$2,168
Pears
By Donald Sultan
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Donald Sultan (American, born 1951) Title: Pears Year: 1989 Medium: Color silkscreen and lithograph Edition: Numbered 87/125 in pencil Paper: Arches 88 Image size: 12 x 12 inches paper size: 22 x 23 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Publisher : Parasol Editions Press L.T.D. Portland, Oregon. Condition: Excellent Frame: Framed in a custom wooden maple frame, with fabric bevel and matting. Description: From the suite, Fruits Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and print maker, well-known for large-scale still life paintings and the use of industrial materials such as tar, enamel, spackle and vinyl tiles. He has been exhibiting internationally in prominent museums and galleries, and his works are included in important museum collections all over the globe. Donald Sultan rose...
Screen
Wallflowers, Pop Art Screenprint by Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Long Island City, NY
A stunning blue screenprint of “Wallflowers” by Contemporary Master Donald Sultan, which can only be described as minimalist, with flair. Hand-signed and numbered from the edition of...
Screen
Seven Blues, Jan 24, 2024
By Donald Sultan
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Seven Blues, Jan 24, 2024 Year: 2024 Medium: Silkscreen in colors with enamel inks and tart like texture on 4-ply Museum Board Sheet: 58 x 58 in (147 × ...
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...
Printer's Ink, Screen
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...
Screen
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...
Screen
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Red Poppies I Serigraph, Contemporary, Signed, Edition of 5, 24x24"
By Donald Sultan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: RD0017-B Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Red Poppies I Year: 2007 Signed: Yes Medium: Serigraph Paper Size: 24 x 24 inches ( 60.96 x 60.96 cm ) Image Size: 24 x 24 inches ( 60.96 x...
Screen
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...
Screen
Donald Sultan "Mimosa with Red, April 24, 2024" Floral
By Donald Sultan
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sultan, Donald Title: Mimosa with Red, April 24, 2024 Series: Mimosas Date: 2024 Medium: Color silkscreen with enamel inks and sand on 4-ply museum board Unframed Dimens...
Enamel
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 Print also available in Gold...
Screen
$1,500
Serious Fun at Lincoln Center, signed inscribed orange tree lithographic poster
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Donald Sultan Serious Fun! at Lincoln Center (Hand Signed, dated and inscribed by Donald Sultan), 1993 Lithographic Poster on heavy wove paper. (hand signed, dated & inscribed) 36 × 24 1/4 in 91.4 × 61.6 cm Signed, dated 2016 and inscribed on lower right front. Inscription reads as follows: For Kevin New York 2016 Published by Vera List Program, Lincoln Center This large, striking limited edition lithographic poster on heavy wove (lithographic) paper was printed in 1993 by the Vera List print program to raise funds for Lincoln Center. The edition is typically unsigned; however, this work is, exceptionally, boldly signed and inscribed in black marker by Donald Sultan in 2016 for the present owner. The inscription reads as follows: For Kevin New York 2016 Donald Sultan signed...
Felt Pen, Lithograph, Offset
Donald Sultan "Mimosa with Orange, April 24, 2024" Floral
By Donald Sultan
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sultan, Donald Title: Mimosa with Orange, April 24, 2024 Series: Mimosas Date: 2024 Medium: Color silkscreen with enamel inks and sand on 4-ply museum board Unframed Dim...
Enamel
Donald Sultan "White Poppies, Aug. 17, 2022" Floral Print
By Donald Sultan
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sultan, Donald Title: White Poppies, Aug. 17,2022 Series: Poppies Date: 2022 Medium: color silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board Unframed Dimens...
Screen
Donald Sultan Screenprint Signed, Contemporary, 2008, Wallflower 26
By Donald Sultan
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Wallflower 26 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"...
Paper, Screen
Mimosa with Green, Jan 25, 2023
By Donald Sultan
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Mimosa with Green, Jan 25, 2023 Year: 2023 Medium: Archival pigment ink print on 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100; signed, titled, dated and numbered ...
Archival Pigment
$8,004Sale Price|32% Off
Yellow Mimosa, July 23, 2015 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Screenprint
By Donald Sultan
Located in Zug, CH
Donald Sultan, Yellow Mimosa, July 23, Screenprint in colors with yellow flocking on 4-ply museum board. Edition of 50. 81.3 x 114.3 cm (32.2 x 45.5 in) Signed, dated, numbered, and titled accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity Published by Lococo Fine Art, St. Louis. In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher PLEASE NOTE: Edition numbers could vary from the one shown in the pictures. The piece is offered unframed. 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. His powerfully sensual, fleshy object representations are rendered through a labor-intensive and unique method. "The image in the front is very fragile, but it conveys the loaded meaning of everything that is contained in the painting." — Donald Sultan This print of flowing yellow mimosa blossoms, which shows all the textural qualities that the artist excels at in his printmaking projects, is made with several layers of color silkscreen, some matte finish inks, and some glossy. Mimosas depicts the flowering plant Mimosa, which is also called the sensitive plant or sleepy plant. Sultan seems to have taken inspiration from the name with the dark black, chalky stems flowing down and covering most of the page and the clusters of white spots symbolizing the blossoms. DONALD SULTAN Donald Sultan (born 1951, Asheville, US) is a distinguished painter, sculptor, and printmaker, who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as part of the “New Image” movement. He is best known for the use of abstracted, geometric black forms against organic areas of bright color. Donald Sultan (USA, born 1951) is a distinguished painter, sculptor, and printmaker, who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as part of the New Yorker “New Image” movement. He has a unique artistic method and innovative approach to traditional subject matter. Known as Abstract Representation, Donald Sultan´s art is 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. Donald Sultan’s Lemons...
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...
Screen
$37,600Sale Price|20% Off
Fruit and Flowers Series: 10 Screen Prints on Arches Paper, 1990s
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
'Fruit and Flowers Series' (Group of 10), 1990's Donald Sultan Screen prints in colors on Arches paper 22 x 22 in. / 56 x 56 cm. Edition of 125, Signed by the artist The specific in...
Screen, Archival Paper
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...
Screen
Donald Sultan 'Seven Silvers Jan. 24, 2024' - Limited Edition Silkscreen
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Donald Sultan's 'Seven Silvers Jan. 24, 2024' is a masterful color silkscreen featuring enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like textures, limited to an edition of 30. Donald Sułtan Seve...
Screen
$5,895
Donald Sultan Abstract Flower Silkscreen Print, Signed, 2022, White Poppies
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...
Screen
$9,500
Donald Sultan Wallflower (Aqua and Dark Green) 2018 Signed Screenprint of 12
By Donald Sultan
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Wallflower (Aqua and Dark Green) Medium: Screenprint in Colors Size: 69" h à 27" w Edition: 9/12 Publisher: Har-El Printers and Publishers, Tel Aviv Ins...
Paper, Screen
$2,800
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...
Lithograph
Playing Cards (9 of Clubs)
By Donald Sultan
Located in Vancouver, CA
Donald Sultan Playing Card Prints - Artist Proofs (APs) We are excited to offer a rare collection of Artist Proof (AP) prints from Donald Sultan's acclaimed playing card series. Lim...
Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil, Aquatint
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...
Screen
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...
Screen
$3,639Sale Price|20% Off
Donald Sultan "Yellow Roses" - Framed Contemporary Abstract Print
By Donald Sultan
Located in New Orleans, LA
Donald Sultan Yellow Roses, April from Fruit and Flowers II, 1992 Color Screenprint Signed in Pencil, DS and 34/100 Printed by Watanabe Studio, Brooklyn Published by Parasol Press, L...
Screen
Donald Sultan "Yellow Poppies, Aug. 17, 2022" Floral Print
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"...
Screen
Reds and Black August 20, 2020
By Donald Sultan
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Reds and Black August 20, 2020 Year: 2020 Medium: Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tarlike texture on Rising 4-ply Museum Board Sheet: 44 x 84...
Screen
Aqua Trumpet
By Donald Sultan
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Donald Sultan (b. 1951) is a prolific American painter, sculptor, and printmaker best known for his unconventional use and application of industrial materials such as tar, aluminum, ...
Screen
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...
Screen
Black Roses, Abstract Screenprint by Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Long Island City, NY
Black Roses by Donald Sultan, American (1951) Date: 2000 Screenprint on wove paper, signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil Edition of PP 2/4 Image Size: 32 x 44 inches Size: 3...
Screen
BLACK LEMON ON WHITE, JULY 24 2018
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
This piece is unframed.
Enamel
$7,200Sale Price|20% Off
Black Tulips and Vase Silkscreen Print, Signed, Edition of 50, 2014
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
'Black Tulips and Vase', 2014 Donald Sultan Silkscreen print 46.1 x 46.1 in. / 117 x 117 cm. Edition of 50, Signed by the Artist 'Black Tulips and Vase', Feb 26, 2014 is part of Sul...
Screen
Donald Sultan "Mimosa with Green, April 24, 2024" Floral
By Donald Sultan
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sultan, Donald Title: Mimosa with Green, April 24, 2024 Series: Mimosas Date: 2024 Medium: Color silkscreen with enamel inks and sand on 4-ply museum board Unframed Dime...
Enamel
Playing Cards (10 of Hearts)
By Donald Sultan
Located in Vancouver, CA
Donald Sultan Playing Card Prints - Artist Proofs (APs) We are excited to offer a rare collection of Artist Proof (AP) prints from Donald Sultan's acclaimed playing card series. Lim...
Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil, Aquatint
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...
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...
Screen
Donald Sultan, Color Silkscreen Print, Signed, 2024, Mimosa with Orange
By Donald Sultan
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Mimosa with Orange, April 24, 2024 Portfolio: 2024 Mimosa (Details Suite) Medium: Color silkscreen with enamel inks, graphite powders, and sand on 4-ply ...
Screen
Pears from Fruits and Flowers III
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Screen print in colors on Arches paper, Signed in Pencil, Edition of 125 Donald Sultan is best known for his still life imagery, deconstructing and transforming organic elements suc...
Screen
Mimosa, April 12, 2023
By Donald Sultan
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Mimosa, April 12, 2023 Year: 2023 Medium: Archival pigment ink print on 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 50; signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil ...
Archival Pigment
Blue 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 of 50.
Enamel
Black Roses
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on Somerset Satin White paper. Initialed and dated in pencil, and titled and numbered 80/100 in pencil. Printed by Watanabe Studio, N...
Color, Screen
Donald Sultan -- Wallflower 31
By Donald Sultan
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Donald Sultan Wallflower 31, 2008 Edition: 35/190 Sheet Size: 54.7 x 61.5 cm Image Size: 34.3 x 40.5 cm Signed right margin and numbered low left Printed and Published: Har-El, Print...
Lithograph
Mimosas, October 2, 2006
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Donald Sultan (b. 1951) is an important painter, sculptor, and printmaker, who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as part of the “New Image” movement. He’s known for his monumental...
Screen
Wallflowers (Black on Red)
By Donald Sultan
Located in London, GB
Donald Sultan Wallflowers (Black on Red), 2018 The artist signed, titled, dated and numbered this print so that it can be installed either horizontally or vertically. Screenprint in ...
Screen
Cypresses
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cypresses Reductive color woodcut in colors, black, green & brown, 1982 Unsigned From: Tramp Picture series "The printer was Claude Jinchat at Imprimerie Arnéra, Vallauris. The set w...
Linocut
Yellow Mimosa with Blue
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Created by the artist in 2024, Yellow Mimosa with Blue 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...
Printer's Ink, Screen
Yellow Peppers from Fruits and Flowers III, 95/125
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
Donald Sultan, from Fruits and Flowers II Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil recto Image size is 12 x 12 inches Sheet size is 23 x 22inches Framed Published by Parasol P...
Screen
Donald Sultan Screenprint, Signed, Contemporary, 2008, 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...
Paper, Screen
$23,200Sale Price|20% Off
Fruit & Flowers Series: Set of 6 Screen Prints on Arches Paper, 1990s
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
'Fruit and Flowers Series' (Group of 6), 1990's Donald Sultan Screen prints in colors on Arches paper 22 x 22 in. / 56 x 56 cm. Edition of 125, Signed by the artist The specific inf...
Screen, Archival Paper
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 ...
Printer's Ink, 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...
Printer's Ink, Screen
Lantern Flowers, May 10, 2012 (Coral)
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
This silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board was created by the artist in 2012. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, from the edition of 50.
Screen
$7,500
"Morning Glories III" hand-signed and numbered aquatint by artist Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Morning Glories III" aquatint by artist Donald Sultan. Hand titled "Morning Glories", dated "June 31, 1991" and signed "D. Sultan: left side recto. Hand numbered 49/60 lower right r...
Aquatint