Andy Warhol Electric Chairs, 1971 FS II.80 is a light and faded portrait of New York's Sing Sing Penitentiary's electric chair, known as "Old Sparky." The print is washed out and the image of the chair is hard to see, due to the light color scheme. In 1972, the federal government banned the death penalty nationwide after months of intense national debate. This important societal issue combined with Warhol's personal exploration of themes like death and violence provide context behind the inspiration for the Electric Chairs portfolio. In 1968, Warhol suffered a gunshot wound from radical feminist, Valerie Solanas, and was forever changed by the traumatic near death experience.

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.80 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.80.
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.80 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.