Andy Warhol Electric Chair

Created in 1967 the stockholm big electric chair is part of a series of works by andy warhol depicting an electric chair.

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. Andy warhol big electric chair 1967 68 acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen the eli and edythe l. The artist noted that it was henry geldzahler a curator at the metropolitan museum of art new york who.

Andy warhol first used the image of the electric chair in his death and disaster series a loose group of works that occupied him from 196265. Over the next decade he repeatedly returned to the subject reflecting the political controversy surrounding the death penalty in america in the 1960s. Located innew york ny created in 1971 andy warhols electric chair is a screenprint in colors on wove paper. Gave me the idea to start the death and disaster series.

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. From the broad collection. The electric chair was originally a form of capital punishment created to replace hanging.

This piece encapsulates the full thrust of the artists enigmatic approach to art. 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. Death by electrocution was a controversial subject in new york city where the artist lived and worked especially after the last two executions at sing sing correctional facility in 1963. Sold for 8220000 in post war and contemporary art evening sale on 15 may 2019 at christies in new york.

Andy warhol 1928 1987 little electric chair painted in 1964 1965. Andy warhols famous imagery of the electric chair was first created in 1964 as a silkscreen painting.