Andy Warhol Electric Chairs, 1971 FS II.74 is part of Warhol's Electric Chair portfolio. After Warhol was famously shot in 1968 by Valerie Solanas, a radical feminist, the focus of much of his work shifted. He had described the near-death experience as life-changing, and there was a notable shift towards subjects related to death in his artwork. His Electric Chair series is evidence of that change in Warhol, where he depicts the empty electric chair of New York's Sing Sing Penitentiary, known as "Old Sparky," awaiting its next victim in 10 screenprints of differing color schemes. Electric Chairs, 1971 FS II.74 features bright yellow and navy blue. In 1971, the death penalty was under hot debate throughout the country, and was outlawed by the federal government in 1972.

Created in 1971, this work is a screenprint on paper, hand signed by Andy Warhol in ball-point pen on verso.  Numbered from an edition of 250, dated '71 in ball-point and numbered with a rubber stamp on verso, aside from 50 Artist Proofs numbered in Roman numerals, signed and dated in ball-point pen on verso and stamped 'AP' and numbered with a rubber stamp on verso.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Andy Warhol Electric Chairs, 1971 FS II.74 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonné and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work).

1. Feldman, Frayda and Jörg Schellmann, A Catalogue Raisonne, 4th ed. Listed as catalogue raisonné no. II.74.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this artwork.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Andy Warhol Electric Chairs, 1971 FS II.74 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.