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Andy Warhol
Electric Chair1974

Not on view
Silkscreen print of a single institutional wooden chair with restraints and a trailing cord, rendered entirely in shades of mauve and dusty rose
Screenprint with gestural brushwork overlay depicting an electric chair in deep magenta against a warm orange and yellow background, with broad diagonal brushstrokes in white and orange sweeping across the right half of the composition.
Silkscreen print of an electric chair in gray against a flat pink background, positioned left of center with surrounding restraints visible, halftone dot texture throughout.
Silkscreen print of an electric chair rendered in flat yellow against a pink background, positioned in the left half of the composition with the right side left as open pink field.
Silkscreen print of an electric chair in an empty room, rendered entirely in saturated magenta and orange tones, with the chair positioned left of center and casting a shadow on the floor.
Silkscreen print of an electric chair in an empty room, rendered in faded turquoise ink on a pale pink-white ground, with uneven ink coverage creating a ghostly, degraded effect.
Silkscreen print of an electric chair in an empty room, printed in pale blue ink on a peach-yellow ground, with a halftone dot pattern and faded, high-contrast photographic reproduction.
Silkscreen print of an electric chair in a sparse room, rendered in flat yellow and light blue with high-contrast, reduced detail; image positioned left of center against a solid blue field.
Silkscreen print of an empty electric chair in an institutional room, rendered in overlapping blue and rose-pink tones with visible halftone dot texture and blurred photographic quality.
Silkscreen print of an electric chair in an empty room, printed in purple ink over a flat yellow background, with high-contrast photographic dot pattern.

Andy Warhol, Bruno Bischofberger, Silkprint Kettner, Electric Chair, 1974, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Peter M. Brant, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Publisher
Andy Warhol
United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, 1928–1987, active New York City
Publisher
Bruno Bischofberger
Publisher
Silkprint Kettner
Title
Electric Chair
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1974
Medium
Screenprint
Dimensions
35 1/2 x 48 in. (90.17 x 121.92 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter M. Brant
Accession Number
M.86.355.4a-j
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York