Donald Sultan
American · b. 1951 · Painter, Printmaker
Donald K. Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, particularly well known for large-scale still life paintings and the use of industrial materials such as tar,… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
FOUR FLOWERS, MAY 28, 2004Palm Beach Modern Auctions · $51,200≈ £38,329≈ €44,032Sign up to see
Three Old Limes and an Orange August 30 1988 (in four parts)Wright · $47,500≈ £34,055≈ €38,490Sign up to see
Seven Blue FlowersLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $37,800≈ £29,701≈ €34,606Sign up to see
Donald Sultan’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
7 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 15 | 15 | 100% | $14.6kSign up | $12.8kSign up | $47.5kSign up |
| Oil | 9 | 9 | 100% | $17.9kSign up | $12.8kSign up | $47.5kSign up |
| Works on paper | 42 | 38 | 90% | $7.7kSign up | $6.3kSign up | $37.8kSign up |
| Watercolor | 7 | 7 | 100% | $2.3kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $3.3kSign up |
| Gouache | 5 | 5 | 100% | $5.5kSign up | $5.5kSign up | $7kSign up |
| Pastel | 3 | 2 | 67% | $5kSign up | $5kSign up | $7.5kSign up |
| Drawing | 23 | 20 | 87% | $11.2kSign up | $10.8kSign up | $37.8kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 330 | 316 | 96% | $3kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $51.2kSign up |
| Etching | 29 | 29 | 100% | $2.9kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $7.1kSign up |
| Aquatint | 40 | 38 | 95% | $2.1kSign up | $1.7kSign up | $8.2kSign up |
| Lithograph | 6 | 6 | 100% | $1.1kSign up | $945Sign up | $2kSign up |
| Screenprint | 243 | 231 | 95% | $3kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $51.2kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 11 | 11 | 100% | $6.8kSign up | $6.8kSign up | $19.2kSign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $7.5kSign up | $7.5kSign up | $7.5kSign up |
| Photography | 2 | 2 | 100% | $4.4kSign up | $4.4kSign up | $4.8kSign up |
| Photograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $4.4kSign up | $4.4kSign up | $4.8kSign up |
| Sculpture | 2 | 2 | 100% | $11.5kSign up | $11.5kSign up | $12.8kSign up |
| Other | 31 | 28 | 90% | $5.4kSign up | $3.1kSign up | $20.7kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 48 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2025 | 75 | 69 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2023 | 59 | 57 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2020 | 20 | 19 | $2.8kSign up |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | $2.8kSign up |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | $5.3kSign up |
| 2017 | 18 | 16 | $3.1kSign up |
| 2016 | 8 | 7 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2015 | 15 | 11 | $6.3kSign up |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | $7.5kSign up |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 | $6.8kSign up |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | $750Sign up |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | $938Sign up |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | $3.2kSign up |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | $5.7kSign up |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | $9.6kSign up |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | $4kSign up |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | $376Sign up |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | $6.3kSign up |