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SULTAN, DONALD

* 5.5.1951 Asheville

Donald Sultan was born in 1951 in Asheville, North Carolina. His father was a tyre manufacturer, but did abstract paintings in his spare time, and his mother was closely involved with the theatre, which led to Sultan's early interest in the creative industry. Encouraged by his father, however, he decided to pursue a professional artistic education and studied at the University of North Carolina until 1973, graduating with a Master's degree from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1975. In the same year he moved to New York, where he soon got a full-time job as a craftsman in an art gallery. Four years later, Sultan received a $2,500 grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, which enabled him to devote himself entirely to art.

He became known as a member of the "New Image" movement of the end of the 1970s through his voluminous still lifes and landscapes, which depict abstracted forms with fine contours in light colours against dark backgrounds. He reduced his pictorial objects, often fruits and flowers, to their bare outlines which were sharply contoured.While still a student, he was one of the first to use a wide range of industrial tools and materials, especially tar, instead of traditional brushes and paints. Sultan's frequent use of tar was influenced by his father's tyre business, and his interest in the industrial world stems from his years at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Sultan's art straddles the line between the abstract and the everyday, combining geometric and organic forms in a visual language that is both monumental and fragile. The raw pictorial ground, which Sultan describes as "something brutal and beginning", stands in tense contrast to the finely worked pictorial surfaces. Sultan developed his working method in the context of Process Art and Pop Art, which dominated New York in the 1970s.His first solo exhibition took place in 1977 at the Artist's Space in New York, followed by exhibitions at the Mary Boone Gallery and the Whitney Museum of American Art. In the 1980s, renowned museums such as MoMA began to include his works in their collections; today, Sultan's works are to be found at the Met, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, London's Tate Modern and many more. He is also the youngest artist to be honoured with a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York at the age of 37. In 2008, a monograph on his 30-year career as an artist was published under the title "Donald Sultan: The Theater of the Object".

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DONALD SULTAN

Lot 3487* - A199 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 02 December 2021, 04.00 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Reds Feb. 16. 2009.
Enamel, tar and sparkel on tile over masonite.
Monogrammed, titled and dated upper right: Reds Feb 16, 2009 D.S., as well as titled, dated, monogrammed and with directional arrows on the reverse: Reds Feb. 16 2009 D.S. TOP.
122 × 122 cm. Not restored crack.

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Lot 3757* - Z37 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 06 December 2014, 01.30 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
White and black tulips and vase. 2014.
Los von 2 Multiples. Bemaltes Aluminum mit poliertem Aluminium-Sockel. 21/25. Auf der Unterseite mit dem eingeritzen Monogramm, Titel, Datierung: Black bzw. Withes tulips and vase April 4 bzw. 5 2014 DS. Zudem mit dem Copyright-Stempel des Künstlers. Höhe 61 cm (ohne Sockel). Erschienen bei Lococo Fine Art Publisher, Missouri.

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DONALD SULTAN

Lot 3784* - Z38 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 27 June 2015, 03.00 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Silver Lantern Flowers. 2014.
Multiple. Poliertes Aluminium. 9/12. Auf der Unterseite des Sockels mit dem eingeritzten Monogramm, Datum und Titel: D.S. May 5 2014 Silver Lantern Flowers. Höhe 45 cm. Mit dem Copyrightstempel: 2014 Donald Sultan. Erschienen bei LOCOCO FINE ART PUBLISHER (mit dem Stempel). In Originalverpackung.

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Lot 3764* - A195 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 05 December 2020, 10.00 AM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Red and black, feb 10 2017.
Colour screenprint with flocking. 17/50. Monogrammed, titled and dated in pencil along the left margin: Red and Black, Feb 20, 2017 DOS. Image 72 × 72 cm on firm wove paper 82 × 82 cm.

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Lot 3762* - Z36 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 28 June 2014, 01.30 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Hanging lanterns. 2008.
Reliefdruck. 32/75. Am linken Seitenrand betitelt, datiert und signiert: Hanging lanterns May 2008. Darstellung 73 x 190 cm auf Vélin 86,4 x 124,5 cm. Grosses Regal Akutelle Auktion

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Lot 3759* - Z36 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 28 June 2014, 01.30 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Three reds. 2007.
Siebdruckfarben und Beflockung. H.C. 4/5, hors commerce. Am linken Seitenrand betitelt, datiert und signiert: Three reds April 25 2007 Sultan. Blattmass 61 x 61 cm. Erschienen bei Lococo Fine Art Publisher, St. Louis.

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Lot 3763* - A195 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 05 December 2020, 10.00 AM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Red and white, feb 10. 2017.
Colour screenprint with flocking. 17/50. Monogrammed, titled and dated in pencil along the left margin: Red and Black, Feb 20, 2017 DOS. Image 72 × 72 cm on firm wove paper 82 × 82 cm.

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DONALD SULTAN

Lot 3696* - A185 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 30 June 2018, 10.30 AM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Blue and Black. 2017.
Colour screenprint and flock print. 17/50. Signed, titled and dated in pencil in the left margin: Blue and White feb 10 2017 Sultan. Image 72 x 72 cm on firm wove paper 81.5 x 81.5 cm. Verso with the stamp: © 2017 DONALD SULTAN LOCOCO FINE ART PUBLISHER.

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Lot 3757* - Z36 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 28 June 2014, 01.30 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Black and red. 2007.
Siebdruckfarben und Beflockung. A.P. 18/20, Künstlerexemplar. Am linken Seitenrand betitelt, datiert und signiert: Black and red April 25 2007 Sultan. Blattmass 61 x 61 cm. Erschienen bei Lococo Fine Art Publisher, St. Louis.

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Lot 3760* - Z36 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 28 June 2014, 01.30 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Black poppies. 2007.
Siebdruckfarben und Beflockung. 66/75. Am linken Seitenrand betitelt, datiert und signiert: Black poppies April 25 2007 Sultan. Blattmass 61 x 61 cm. Erschienen bei Lococo Fine Art Publisher, St. Louis.

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Lot 3695* - A185 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 30 June 2018, 10.30 AM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Blue and White. 2017.
Colour screenprint and flock print. 17/50. Signed, titled and dated in pencil in the left margin: Blue and Black feb 10 2017 Sultan. Image 72 x 72 cm on firm wove paper 81.5 x 81.5 cm. Verso with the stamp: © 2017 DONALD SULTAN LOCOCO FINE ART PUBLISHER.

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Lot 3758* - Z36 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 28 June 2014, 01.30 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Red poppies. 2007.
Siebdruckfarben und Beflockung. A.P. 18/20, Künstlerexemplar. Am linken Seitenrand betitelt, datiert und signiert: Red poppies April 25 2007 Sultan. Blattmass 61 x 61 cm. Erschienen bei Lococo Fine Art Publisher, St. Louis.

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Lot 3761* - Z36 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 28 June 2014, 01.30 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Black and red. 2007
Siebdruckfarben und Beflockung. A.P. 18/20, Künstlerexemplar. Am linken Seitenrand betitelt, datiert und signiert: Red and black April 25 2007 Sultan. Blattmass 61 x 61 cm. Erschienen bei Lococo Fine Art Publisher, St. Louis.

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Lot 3760* - A195 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 05 December 2020, 10.00 AM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
White and black, feb 10. 2017.
Colour screenprint with flocking. 17/50. Monogrammed, titled and dated in pencil along the left margin: White and black, feb 10 2017 DOS. Image 71 × 71 cm on firm wove paper 81.3 × 81.3 cm.

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Lot 3761* - A195 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 05 December 2020, 10.00 AM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Black and white, feb 10. 2017.
Colour screenprint with flocking. 17/50. Monogrammed, titled and dated along the left margin: Black and White Feb 10 2017 DOS. Image 72 × 72 cm on firm wove paper 81.3 × 81.3 cm.

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Lot 3742* - Z41 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 03 December 2016, 03.30 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Orange Flowers
1996.
Colour screenprint. 79/100. Vertically monogrammed, dated and titled in the left margin: Orange Flowers June 20 1996 DS. Image 29.2 x 20.4 cm on vélin 45.5 x 33 cm. Published by Paris Review, New York.

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Lot 3741* - Z41 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 03 December 2016, 03.30 PM

DONALD SULTAN

(Asheville/North Carolina 1951–lives and works in New York)
Dried roses.
1998.
Colour screenprint. 104/395. Monogrammed lower right: DS. Image 35.5 x 35.5 cm on vélin by Coventry Rag 40.5 x 40.5 cm. Published by Marco Fine Arts Studio, El Segundo. Printed by Visible Poetico Bookplate (with the blindstamp). From the 6-part portfolio "Visual Poetics".

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