Dominoes, 1990
Signed and numbered from an edition of 53
Each: 20 7/8 x 14 15/16 (53 x 37.9 cm.)
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Donald Sultan’s Dominoes series (1990) demonstrates the artist’s mastery of blending abstraction with recognizable motifs, transforming everyday objects into bold visual statements. This portfolio, consisting of 28 aquatints, reinterprets the familiar form of the domino through Sultan’s characteristic use of strong geometry, saturated black, and nuanced surface textures. Each print measures 20 7/8 × 14 15/16 inches (53 × 37.9 cm.) and is produced in a signed and numbered edition of just 53, underscoring the rarity and collectability of the series. By magnifying the domino form, Sultan elevates a simple game piece into a monumental, almost architectural presence on paper, reflecting his interest in the intersection of play, chance, and formal structure.
The four works being offered from this portfolio highlight the breadth and variety within Sultan’s exploration of the domino motif. At once minimal and richly expressive, these aquatints reveal subtle shifts in tone, texture, and compositional balance that keep the imagery fresh across the series. Like much of Sultan’s work from this period, Dominoes balances a rigorous, formalist approach with an underlying accessibility, turning a universally recognized symbol into a meditation on order, repetition, and aesthetic beauty. These prints not only embody Sultan’s technical command of printmaking but also his ability to distill meaning from the ordinary, making them significant examples of late 20th-century American abstraction.
