562 - Donald Sultan* (born 1951 in Asheville)

Donald Sultan* (born 1951 in Asheville) Eight Heart, 1991 aquatint etching/paper 29 x 20 cm dated 1991, monogrammed DS inscribed Eight Heart, numbered 4/4 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 800 - 1000 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 800 Donald Sultan is a distinctive figure in American postwar art who, since the 1970s, has developed a unique visual language bridging painting, sculpture, and printmaking. After earning his B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sultan established himself in New York as a proponent of an art form that combines industrial materials, monumental forms, and seemingly banal everyday motifs. His exploration of the visual culture of the American metropolis engages in a dialogue with artists such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol, who introduced everyday objects and the world of consumer goods into contemporary art. At the same time, his serial structures, focus on simple geometric shapes, and use of industrial materials recall Minimalist approaches—particularly that of Donald Judd—while his consistent reduction of color and the presence of black pictorial surfaces suggest art-historical connections to Frank Stella and Ad Reinhardt. Judd’s engagement with commercial materials and industrial production processes provides a particularly relevant context in this regard. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights and platform fee. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer's premium and platform fee. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.