Donald Sultan is a painter, sculptor and printmaker. He is known for his use of industrial materials, such as those in this editioned sculpture Lead Tea Cup with Tar. This artwork comes from the same decade as Sultan’s Disaster Paintings, which are large-scale industrial landscapes made with tar.
Unusual MaterialsDonald Sultan
Donald Sultan
Lead Tea Cup
Donald Sultan (American, b. 1951)
Lead Tea Cup with Tar 1989
Lead, tar
2.5 x 6″
Kamm Collection 2008.52
Photo: David H. Ramsey

