Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Big Electric Chair

Price realised USD 20,137,500
Estimate
USD 18,000,000 – USD 25,000,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Big Electric Chair

Price realised USD 20,137,500
Closed: 13 Nov 2019
Price realised USD 20,137,500
Closed: 13 Nov 2019
Details
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Big Electric Chair
stamped twice by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Estate of Andy Warhol and numbered 'PA57.011' (on the overlap)
acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen
54 x 74 in. (137.5 x 187.3 cm.)
Painted in 1967-1968.
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York
Private collection, New York
Pace Gallery, New York
Private collection, 2010
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 2014, lot 44
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
G. Frei and N. Printz, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculptures 1964-1969, vol. 02B, New York, 2004, pp. 354 and 364, no. 2044 (illustrated in color)
Exhibited
Vancouver Art Gallery, Andy Warhol: Images, June-October 1995, pp. 30-31 (illustrated in color).
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