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Donald Sultan — Playing Cards (King of Clubs)
Donald Sultan

Playing Cards (King of Clubs)

1990

This aquatint exemplifies Sultan's distinctive approach to familiar imagery, transforming the traditional playing card motif through his signature reductive technique. The work demonstrates Sultan's mastery of printmaking processes, using aquatint's tonal possibilities to create bold, graphic forms that bridge his exploration of both still life subjects and popular iconography.

Medium
Aquatint on Twinrocker paper
Dimensions
Edition
Edition of 44 of 44
Signed
Yes

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Donald Sultan, Playing Cards (King of Clubs), 1990

This aquatint exemplifies Sultan's distinctive approach to familiar imagery, transforming the traditional playing card motif through his signature reductive technique. The work demonstrates Sultan's mastery of printmaking processes, using aquatint's tonal possibilities to create bold, graphic forms that bridge his exploration of both still life subjects and popular iconography.

Medium
Aquatint on Twinrocker paper
Dimensions
53.34 x 38.1 cm
Year
1990
Edition
of 44
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Hamilton Selway, Los Angeles, CA

Related themes

Printmaking, Playing Cards, American Art, Figurative, Still Life, Contemporary, Aquatint

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Jonathan Murray, Nicholas Blum