Andy Warhol Electric Chairs, 1971 FS II.76 is a dark portrait of New York's Sing Sing Penitentiary's electric chair in an empty room. The chair, known in the prison as "Old Sparky," seems to creep out of the shadows, barely visible in the darkness of the room. The print has an ominous feeling, working well with the heavy themes associated with the subject. In 1971, the morality and ethics of the death penalty was at the forefront of national conversation. The federal government outlawed the death penalty in 1972, and the ban would last until 1977, when some states decided to bring it back. Warhol's Electric Chairs portfolio is a fascinating combination of the artist's social and political commentary as well as his own exploration of death as an artistic theme.

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.76 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.76.
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.76 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.