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)
Child's Bedroom, Calabasas from The Valley, 2001

Larry Sultan

Child's Bedroom, Calabasas from The Valley, 2001

Sale Date: October 2, 2012

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Kitchen Floor, Reseda from The Valley, 2000

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Kitchen Floor, Reseda from The Valley, 2000

Sale Date: October 2, 2012

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The Kiss from The Valley, 1999

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The Kiss from The Valley, 1999

Sale Date: October 2, 2012

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Evidence (book w/61 works, oblong quarto,..., 1977

Larry Sultan & Mike Mandel

Evidence (book w/61 works, oblong quarto,..., 1977

Sale Date: April 10, 2008

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Cabana, 2000

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Cabana, 2000

Sale Date: June 10, 2012

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Mulholland Drive, 2003

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Mulholland Drive, 2003

Sale Date: June 20, 2012

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Woman in Curlers, 2002

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Woman in Curlers, 2002

Sale Date: May 6, 2012

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Untitled (from The valley series), 2000

Larry Sultan

Untitled (from The valley series), 2000

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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Untitled (from The valley series), 2001

Larry Sultan

Untitled (from The valley series), 2001

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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The valley (Cabana), 2000

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The valley (Cabana), 2000

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Topanga skyline drive #1, 1999

Larry Sultan

Topanga skyline drive #1, 1999

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Backyard, Reseda from the valley, 2001

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Backyard, Reseda from the valley, 2001

Sale Date: November 3, 2011

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The valley, child's bedroom, 2002

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The valley, child's bedroom, 2002

Sale Date: October 4, 2011

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Golf swing (from the Pictures from home , 1984–1992

Larry Sultan

Golf swing (from the Pictures from home , 1984–1992

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Woman in curlers, 2002

Larry Sultan

Woman in curlers, 2002

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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Untitled, 1988

Larry Sultan

Untitled, 1988

Sale Date: April 7, 2011

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Sans titre (from The Valley), 1999–2004

Larry Sultan

Sans titre (from The Valley), 1999–2004

Sale Date: November 19, 2010

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Suburban street in studio (from

Larry Sultan

Suburban street in studio (from "the valley" , 2000

Sale Date: February 23, 2010

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You're so easily influenced (billboard..., 1983

Larry Sultan & Mike Mandel

You're so easily influenced (billboard..., 1983

Sale Date: June 21, 2010

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Mission hills, 2000

Larry Sultan

Mission hills, 2000

Sale Date: May 23, 2010

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Boxers, Mission Hills, 1999

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Boxers, Mission Hills, 1999

Sale Date: April 16, 2010

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Woman in curlers, 2002

Larry Sultan

Woman in curlers, 2002

Sale Date: November 20, 2009

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Evidence (bk w/59 works, title, folio)

Larry Sultan & Mike Mandel

Evidence (bk w/59 works, title, folio)

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

Auction Closed

Pictures from home (bk w/110 works, title, folio)

Larry Sultan

Pictures from home (bk w/110 works, title, folio)

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

Auction Closed

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