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A print of an electric chair and table in pink and yellow.

The background of the print is pink which is applied unevenly with some lighter areas. There is an electric chair in pink on the left with a yellow table immediately behind it. There is a thick, broken, yellow line across the upper part of the picture plane.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M22396
People
Andy Warhol, American (Pittsburgh PA 1928 - 1987 New York, NY)
Printed by Silkprint Kettner, Zurich
Published by Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
Title
Untitled
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Electric Chairs
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1971
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/260945

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
90.2 x 121.9 cm (35 1/2 x 48 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: On verso in ball point pen: Andy Warhol 71
  • stamp and inscription: On verso: c Copyright Factory Editions // Edition Bischofberger, Zurich // 214/250

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie's, New York (November 20, 1993, lot #795)], purchased by the Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
214/250 plus 50 artist's proofs
Standard Reference Number
F. & S. 82

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1993
Object Number
M22396
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/23/2015 - 10/07/2015

Verification Level

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