Donald Sultan’s Blue Wall Poppy (October 15, 2024) is a commanding work from the artist’s celebrated series of monumental floral images, where nature is distilled into bold, iconic form. Executed in shaped aluminum with acrylic polyurethane paint and black flock, the piece exemplifies Sultan’s innovative approach to material and surface, transforming a delicate blossom into an enduring object of sculptural presence.

The composition is defined by a dramatic interplay of color, texture, and form: the luminous blue poppy, heightened by the velvety depth of flocked black, emerges against the solidity of the aluminum support. This union of industrial material and organic imagery underscores Sultan’s fascination with dualities—fragility and permanence, nature and structure, the ephemeral and the monumental.

By isolating the bloom and rendering it at such scale, Sultan elevates the poppy to an archetype, bridging the language of abstraction and representation. The crisp silhouette, amplified by the precision of his technique, speaks to the minimal clarity of modernism, while the tactile surface invites a contemplative intimacy rarely found in large-scale contemporary works.

Created in 2024, Blue Wall Poppy demonstrates Sultan’s ongoing commitment to reinventing the floral motif through color, form, and material experimentation. The poppy, a central symbol in his oeuvre, is reimagined here not only as an image of beauty but as an enduring structure—simultaneously elegant, powerful, and unforgettable.

Grand in scale and refined in execution, Blue Wall Poppy embodies Sultan’s singular ability to merge painterly tradition with sculptural innovation, offering a work that is as visually striking as it is conceptually resonant.

Donald Sultan Blue Wall Poppy, Oct 15, 2024 is Shaped aluminum with acrylic polyurethane paint and black flock. Signature incised on base by Donald Sultan (North Carolina, 1951 - ) and numbered from the edition of  30.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Donald Sultan Blue Wall Poppy, Oct 15, 2024 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work).

1. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this artwork.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Donald Sultan Blue Wall Poppy, Oct 15, 2024 is presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.

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