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Donald Sultan One of Spades aquatint featuring single black spade centered on soft gray background with handwritten vertical title.

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Aquatint on Twinrocker paper. Playing Card (One of Spades) by Donald Sultan, created in 1990, is an aquatint on Twinrocker paper that strips the traditional playing card down to a meditative essential. At the center of a softly mottled gray field floats a solitary black spade—clean, bold, and slightly irregular. This single symbol, typically absent from standard decks, becomes a quiet meditation on presence, identity, and abstraction. The handwritten inscription along the left margin introduces a personal, almost diaristic tone. Sultan’s minimalist approach invites the viewer to contemplate the symbolic weight of the card suit beyond its utilitarian game function.

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Donald Sultan

Playing Cards (One of Spades), 1990

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Aquatint on Twinrocker paper. Playing Card (One of Spades) by Donald Sultan, created in 1990, is an aquatint on Twinrocker paper that strips the traditional playing card down to a meditative essential. At the center of a softly mottled gray field floats a solitary black spade—clean, bold, and slightly irregular. This single symbol, typically absent from standard decks, becomes a quiet meditation on presence, identity, and abstraction. The handwritten inscription along the left margin introduces a personal, almost diaristic tone. Sultan’s minimalist approach invites the viewer to contemplate the symbolic weight of the card suit beyond its utilitarian game function.

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