Donald Sultan’s Red Wall Poppy (October 15, 2024) stands as a commanding and luminous example of the artist’s celebrated floral series, in which nature’s fleeting beauty is transformed into monumental, enduring form. Executed in shaped aluminum with acrylic polyurethane paint and black flock, the work exemplifies Sultan’s mastery of material innovation—combining industrial surfaces with organic imagery to create a flower both delicate in spirit and monumental in presence.

The composition is dominated by the radiant red bloom, its petals expanding across the shaped aluminum support with bold clarity. The richly pigmented surface contrasts with the velvety depth of the flocked black ground, producing a visual tension between sleek permanence and tactile intimacy. This duality lies at the heart of Sultan’s practice: fragility and strength, impermanence and endurance, beauty and structure.

By magnifying the poppy and isolating it within the frame, Sultan transforms the flower into an archetypal icon. Stripped to its essential form, it resonates with the clarity of abstraction while remaining deeply rooted in representation. The work is at once modern and timeless, its grand scale asserting presence while its refined surface invites contemplation.

Created in 2024, Red Wall Poppy is part of Sultan’s ongoing exploration of the poppy motif, a symbol that has become synonymous with his name. Here, the bloom radiates both energy and permanence, embodying the artist’s singular ability to merge painterly tradition with sculptural innovation.

Elegant, bold, and architecturally conceived, Red Wall Poppy is more than a depiction of nature—it is a lasting emblem of beauty, resilience, and artistic sophistication.

Donald Sultan Red 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 Red 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 Red Wall Poppy, Oct 15, 2024 is presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.

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