Larry Sultan

(American, 1946–2009)

Larry Sultan was an American photographer known for his use of images to create a discourse between fiction and documentary. The seminal photobook Pictures From Home (1992), achieved this difficult ambiguity through combining film stills from home movies, contemporary photographs of suburbia, and texts from his journal. “What drives me to continue this work is difficult to name. It has more to do with love than with sociology. With being a subject in the drama rather than a witness,” he once explained. Born on July 13, 1946 in Brooklyn, NY, he grew up outside of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley region. He studied political science at UC Santa Barbara, and later received his MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. He became known in 1977 for Evidence, a highly influential book he made in collaboration with Mike Mandel backed by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. In the late 1990s, Sultan began a new project documenting suburban homes rented out as sets for pornographic movies in his hometown. Like his previous series, The Valley (2004), was regarded as being less about its subject matter and more a commentary on how images are used to construct fantasy. The artist died on December 13, 2009 in Greenbrae, CA. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland, among others.

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Larry Sultan (162 results)
Woman in Curlers, San Fernando from The , 1998–2000

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Woman in Curlers, San Fernando from The , 1998–2000

Sale Date: November 21, 2023

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Dad Mowing the Lawn #22 from the series..., 1989

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Dad Mowing the Lawn #22 from the series..., 1989

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Untitled (from 'Swimmers'), 1978–1982

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Untitled (from 'Swimmers'), 1978–1982

Sale Date: October 6, 2023

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Tasha's Third Film (from The Valley series), 1999

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Tasha's Third Film (from The Valley series), 1999

Sale Date: August 2, 2023

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Homeland, 2009

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Homeland, 2009

Sale Date: June 14, 2023

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UNTITLED (DAD LOOKING INTO EMPTY POOL), 1987–1989

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UNTITLED (DAD LOOKING INTO EMPTY POOL), 1987–1989

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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Selected Images (from Pictures from Home), 1984–1987

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Selected Images (from Pictures from Home), 1984–1987

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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Practicing Golf Swing, 1986

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Practicing Golf Swing, 1986

Sale Date: May 1, 2023

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Boxers, Mission Hills (from the series The..., 1999

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Boxers, Mission Hills (from the series The..., 1999

Sale Date: April 13, 2023

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Tasha's Third Film

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Tasha's Third Film" (from the series: The..., 1999

Sale Date: February 9, 2023

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Silver Curtain, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, from , 1997

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Silver Curtain, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, from , 1997

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Sharon Wild, 2001

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Sharon Wild, 2001

Sale Date: October 7, 2022

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My Mother Posing for Me (from Pictures of..., 1987

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My Mother Posing for Me (from Pictures of..., 1987

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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My Mother Posing for Me, from the series..., 1984

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My Mother Posing for Me, from the series..., 1984

Sale Date: June 1, 2022

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Boxers, Mission Hills, from the series..., 1998–2003

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Boxers, Mission Hills, from the series..., 1998–2003

Sale Date: March 17, 2022

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Boxers, Mission Hills, 1999

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Boxers, Mission Hills, 1999

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Boxers, Mission Hills, 1999

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Boxers, Mission Hills, 1999

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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My Parents in Bed, Los Angeles, 1987, 1987

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My Parents in Bed, Los Angeles, 1987, 1987

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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Haskell Avenue, from the series

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Haskell Avenue, from the series "The Valley, 1998

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Los Angeles, Early Evening, from Pictures..., 1986

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Los Angeles, Early Evening, from Pictures..., 1986

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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Practicing Golf Swing, from the series..., 1986

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Practicing Golf Swing, from the series..., 1986

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Antioch Creek, from the series ”Homeland”,..., 2008

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Antioch Creek, from the series ”Homeland”,..., 2008

Sale Date: June 10, 2021

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Silver Curtain, 1997

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Silver Curtain, 1997

Sale Date: February 19, 2021

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Tasha's Third Film (from the series: The..., 1999

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Tasha's Third Film (from the series: The..., 1999

Sale Date: December 7, 2020

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