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The artist noted that it was henry geldzahler a curator at the metropolitan museum of art new york who.
Andy warhol electric chair. 22 x 28 in 559 x 711 cm. It was created on a medium sized canvas and was part of warhols renowned death and disasters series that the artist started in 1962. Gave me the idea to start the death and disaster series. The work speaks to the constant reiteration of tragedy in the media and becomes perhaps an attempt to exorcise this image of death through repetition.
Andy warhol big electric chair 1967 68 acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen the eli and edythe l. Electric chair is part of warhols substantial death and disaster series that the artist started in 1962 early examples of which depicted car crashes and suicides as illustrated in newspaper images see for instance race riot 1963 and ambulance disaster 1963. From martini studio darte andy warhol electric chair 1971 multiple screen printing on paper 90 1215 cm. Located innew york ny created in 1971 andy warhols electric chair is a screenprint in colors on wove paper.
Electric chair by andy warhol warhol began using the image of the electric chair in 1963 the same year as the two final executions in new york state. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen. Andy warhol 1928 1987 little electric chair painted in 1964 1965. Yet electric chair with its eponymous chair printed once on each of ten separate sheets of paper belies this statement.
Created in 1967 the stockholm big electric chair is part of a series of works by andy warhol depicting an electric chair. Over the next decade he repeatedly returned to the subject reflecting the political controversy surrounding the death penalty in america in the 1960s. This piece encapsulates the full thrust of the artists enigmatic approach to art. The electric chair was originally a form of capital punishment created to replace hanging.
From the broad collection. Sold for 8220000 in post war and contemporary art evening sale on 15 may 2019 at christies in new york.
