id:			173006
accession number:	2017.126.c
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.126.c
updated:		2025-05-29 11:07:46.558000

Forest Fire, Jan. 5, 1984, 1984. Donald Sultan (American, 1951-). Latex, plaster, and tar on vinyl tile over masonite; panel: 122.4 x 122 cm (48 3/16 x 48 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund, 2017.126.c. © Donald Sultan/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Forest Fire, Jan. 5, 1984
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creation date:			1984
creation date earliest:		1984
creation date latest:		1984
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creditline:			Gift of Agnes Gund
copyright:			© Donald Sultan/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America
technique:	latex, plaster, and tar on vinyl tile over masonite
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	Paintings
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Donald Sultan (American, 1951-)  - artist

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measurements: Panel: 122.4 x 122 cm (48 3/16 x 48 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	On reverse: #3, accompanied by small diagram of a square divided into four sections; the upper right section is "x"'d in to show position of this portion of "Forest Fire"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Donald Sultan: The Disaster Paintings
	opening date:   2017-02-19T05:00:00
	<i>Donald Sultan: The Disaster Paintings</i>. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (February 19-April 23, 2017); Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (May 26-September 4, 2017); North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (September 23-December 31, 2017); Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE (January 24-May 13, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Catlin, Roger. “This Artist’s Worldview Drips with Unending Pessimism,” <em>Smithsonian Magazine</em>, June 5, 2017.
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	url:		https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-artists-worldview-drips-unending-pessimism-180963566/

	Guida, Isabella. “The Surrealism of Witness,” <em>ArtsEditor</em>, August 28, 2017.
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	url:		http://artseditor.com/site/the-surrealism-of-witness/

	Hearst, Alison, Charles Wylie, Max Blagg, and Donald Sultan. Donald Sultan: The Disaster Paintings, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned p. 19, reproduced pl. 5, p. 40.
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	Sultan, Donald. Donald Sultan: 8 February-3 March, 1984, Blum Helman, New York, New York. New York: Blum Helman Gallery, 1984.
	page number: 	9
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	Sergeant, Philippe, and Donald Sultan. Donald Sultan, Appoggiaturas. New York: Portmanteau Press, 1992.
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	Ratcliff, Carter, and John B. Ravenal. Donald Sultan: The Theater of the Object. New York: Vendome Press, 2008.
	page number: 	55
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	Truong, Alain R. “The Cleveland Museum of Art Announces New Acquisitions,” <em>Alain Truong</em>, September 27, 2017.
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	url:		https://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2017/09/27/35716436.html

	Lancelin, Hervé. “Donald Sultan: The Alchemist of Tar,” <em>ArtCritic</em>, January 8, 2025.
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	url:		https://www.artcritic.com/en/donald-sultan-the-alchemist-of-tar/

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