Andy Warhol Electric Chairs, 1971 FS II.75 features the electric chair of New York's Sing Sing Penitentiary in an empty room, done in pink and blue. At the time of the print's creation, 1971, the subject of the death penalty was a hot topic throughout the country. In 1972, the death penalty was outlawed by the federal government. Warhol had also been shot three years prior in 1968 by Valerie Solanas, a radical feminist, and he was forever changed by this near death experience. Warhol's work shifted to included more macabre themes, like death and violence. The Electric Chairs portfolio is a perfect combination of Warhol's frequent societal commentary and his exploration of darker concepts.

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.75 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.75.
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.75 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.