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Battery May 5, 1986
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Donald Sultan (b. 1951)
Battery May 5, 1986
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 'Battery May 5 1986 D.S.' (right edge); signed again 'SULTAN' (on the stretcher of each element); titled again, numbered consecutively and dated again 'BATTERY MAY 5, 1986 #1-4' (on the reverse of each element)
latex paint and tar on vinyl composite tile on Masonite laid down on panel in four parts
96 x 96 x 5 in. (243.8 x 243.8 x 12.7 cm.)
Executed in 1986.
Battery May 5, 1986
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 'Battery May 5 1986 D.S.' (right edge); signed again 'SULTAN' (on the stretcher of each element); titled again, numbered consecutively and dated again 'BATTERY MAY 5, 1986 #1-4' (on the reverse of each element)
latex paint and tar on vinyl composite tile on Masonite laid down on panel in four parts
96 x 96 x 5 in. (243.8 x 243.8 x 12.7 cm.)
Executed in 1986.
Provenance
Blum Helman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987
Literature
B. Spector, "Donald Sultan," ArtForum, Vol. 26, no. 4, December 1987, p. 123.
R. Hughes, "Toward a Mummified Sublime," Time Magazine, May 1988, p. 51 (illustrated).
R. Hughes, "Toward a Mummified Sublime," Time Magazine, May 1988, p. 51 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Forth Worth Art Museum and The Brooklyn Museum, Donald Sultan, September 1987-June 1988, pp. 19, 22, 36, 80, and 81, no. 21 (illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note this work consists of four panels and is illustrated correctly online and in our e-catalogue.