Donald Sultan
Double Chinese Pot

Double Chinese Pot

© Donald Sultan / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Double Chinese Pot
Double Chinese Pot
ArtistAmerican, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Double Chinese Pot
Date1989
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumMixed media on panels
DimensionsOverall: 96 × 96 in. (243.8 × 243.8 cm)
Four panels, each: 48 × 48 in. (121.9 × 121.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long in honor of Fayez Sarofim
Object number2001.154.A-.D
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceGiven to MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition History"Against the Current: 20th Century Representational Art in the Collection of the MFAH," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 7, 2006–September 2, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Each panel is inscribed similarly on the verso: "Bottom left / Double Chines Pot / May 16 1989 [diagram of that panel's position in the whole] / Sultan"

Each panel has the following label: "M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. / 19 East 70th Street New York, N.Y. 10021 / CA 18697 / Donald Sultan / Double Chines Pot, May 16 1989 / Tar, spackle, and silkscreen on tile over masonite / 96 x 96 (one of four panels)"
Signed, recto, on left side, spanning two panels: "Double Chinese Pot May 16, 1989 [signature]"

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