"Donald Sultan (American, born 1951) These small, painterly photographs are preparatory studies for Sultan's much larger still lifes, 8-foot-square compositions against tar black backgrounds which he has described as ""heavy structure, holding fragile meaning."" Unlike the paintings, which are firmly abstract and undeniably contemporary, the photographs seem to emerge more directly from the tradition of 17th century Dutch and Spanish still life painting.                              via                                Donald Sultan  Title: 2 Pears, A Lemon and an Egg Year: 1993 via"
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