Donald Sultan
Double Chinese Pot

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Artist Donald Sultan(American, born 1951)American, 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

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

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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