Smoke Rings / Donald Sultan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.472
- Title
- Smoke Rings
- Artist
- Donald Sultan
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1951
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist
- Style/Group/Movement
- 21st century American
- Dimensions
- 111.76 cm x 137.16 cm (44 in. x 54 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Photograph
- Primary Object Type
- black and white print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Photograph
- Secondary Object Type
- still life
- Physical Description
- Square black and white photograph depicting three smoke rings that float in the air against a black backdrop. The rings appear in a diagonal pattern, one in the lower left corner, one in the center and one in the upper right corner.
- Subject Matter
- Three smoke rings floating in the air against a black background, revealing the abstract visual qualities of commonplace things. At once abstract and hyperrealistic, this photograph is as much about the visual play of white forms on black as it is about the beauty to be found in the ordinary world.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2937 x 2379
- File Size
- 935 KB
- Record
- 2009/1.472
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.472/2009_1_472.jpg
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"Smoke Rings; Donald Sultan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.472/2009_1_472.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
