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Andy Warhol – Electric Chairs

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Electric Chairs197135 3/8 x 47 7/8 in. ea.screenprint

Provenance

Julian Schnabel, purchased directly from the artist
Private Collection
Private Collection, New York

Literature

Feldman & Schellmann II.74-83

all works by Andy Warhol

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Andy Warhol's portrait of Dorothy Blau highlights the close ties between them and is evidence of how each pushed the other. Blau was a close friend of Andy Warhol and a pillar of the art scene in Miami. She has the rare distinction of being a repeated subject in Warhol's work as he created portraits of her two times, three years apart. This blue canvas presents a younger Blau in her first Warhol portrait in 1983.
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<br>Warhol credited Blau as a critical component in his rise to international fame and as a pillar of 20th century art. This 1980s portrait contains all of the hallmarks of Warhol during his last decade, a period in which he found renewed creative impulses and a return to hand painting.

Portrait of Dorothy Blau-Blue

acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas

Andy Warhol, who famously said that, “In the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes,” was known for his portraits of influential and powerful celebrities, businesspeople, and socialites. He was obsessed with exploring hallmarks of a consumer society such as wealth and fame. From his renowned Factory studio in New York, Warhol became a pop culture icon, one of the most important artists of the 20th century, and a name synonymous with Pop art.
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<br>Warhol's notable Death and Disaster series addresses depictions of death in the media, commenting on desensitization through repeated imagery. Often using photos from mass-circulated newspapers, magazines, and tabloids, Warhol took them out of the journalistic context and appropriated them in artwork. “Electric Chairs” (1971), based on an image of the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison, belongs to this series. Warhol first used this subject matter in 1963 and returned to the image for this 1971 set of prints, in which he put more prominence on the chair by cropping the image. Here, Warhol repeats the image ten times in different color combinations. Each screenprint is hand-signed and stamped on the verso.

Electric Chairs

35 3/8 x 47 7/8 in. ea.

ANDY WARHOL - Joseph Beuys - graphite on paper - 31 3/8 x 23 1/2 in.

31 3/8 x 23 1/2 in.

graphite on paper

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait in Fright Wig - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Self-Portrait in Fright Wig

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait with Fright Wig - screenprint on t-shirt - 33 1/2 x 40 1/4 in.

Self-Portrait with Fright Wig

33 1/2 x 40 1/4 in.

screenprint on t-shirt

ANDY WARHOL - Jean-Michel Basquiat Six Polaroids - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ea.

Jean-Michel Basquiat Six Polaroids

4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Mao - color screen print on paper - 35 3/4 x 35 3/4 in.

35 3/4 x 35 3/4 in.

color screen print on paper

ANDY WARHOL - Farrah Fawcett - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Self Portrait - gelatin silver print - 7 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.

7 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.

gelatin silver print

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Self Portrait in Drag - unique Polacolor ER print - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Self Portrait in Drag

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

unique Polacolor ER print

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait in Fright Wig - Polaroid - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Self-Portrait in Fright Wig

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait with Camera (diptych) - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Self-Portrait with Camera (diptych)

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait with Skull - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.

Self-Portrait with Skull

4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait - Polaroid, Polacolor II - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor II

ANDY WARHOL - Campbell's Soup Can (Tomato) - screenprint in colors on colored t-shirt - 29 x 26 1/2 in.

Campbell's Soup Can (Tomato)

29 x 26 1/2 in.

screenprint in colors on colored t-shirt

ANDY WARHOL - The Shadow (from Myths) - color screenprint with diamond dust on paper - 37 1/2 x 37 1/2 in.

The Shadow (from Myths)

37 1/2 x 37 1/2 in.

color screenprint with diamond dust on paper

ANDY WARHOL - Vote McGovern - screenprint - 42 x 42 in.

ANDY WARHOL - Blackglama (Judy Garland) - screenprint on Lenox Museum Board - 38 x 38 in.

Blackglama (Judy Garland)

screenprint on Lenox Museum Board

ANDY WARHOL - Self Portrait at 'Flowers' Exhibition - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Self Portrait at 'Flowers' Exhibition

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Warhol Self-Portrait (Fright Wig) - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.

Warhol Self-Portrait (Fright Wig)

4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

Warhol began depicting the "Hammer and Sickle" in 1976 after seeing the symbol from the Soviet flag used in graffiti while visiting Italy. The icon represents the union of industrial and farm workers’ interests. To Warhol, the symbol was more Pop than politics. One of his assistants scoured books for reproductions and ultimately purchased a double-headed hammer and a sickle and arranged them in different positions to photograph. Warhol used the images for his series of silkscreens, which New York’s Castelli Gallery exhibited in 1977. His almost expressionist use of the hammer and sickle diffuses some of the Cold War tension that prevailed from the early 1940s through the 1980s.

Hammer & Sickle

image: 30 x 40 1/8 in. board: 32 1/2 x 42 1/2 in.

ANDY WARHOL - Lee Radziwill - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait - Polaroid, Polacolor SX-70 - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor SX-70

ANDY WARHOL - Diana Ross - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait - Polaroid on board - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid on board

ANDY WARHOL - Yves Saint Laurent - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Yves Saint Laurent

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Dennis Hopper - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Giorgio Armani - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Fiesta Pigs - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Candy Box - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Jean-Michel Basquiat in Soto Sculpture - silver gelatin print - 10 x 8 in.

Jean-Michel Basquiat in Soto Sculpture

silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Georgia O'Keeffe - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

Georgia O'Keeffe

4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Julian Schnabel 4 Polaroids - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ea.

Julian Schnabel 4 Polaroids

4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Man Ray - Polaroid Polacolor Type 108 print - 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.

4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.

Polaroid Polacolor Type 108 print

ANDY WARHOL - Campbell's Soup Can (Wonton Soup) - Polaroid on board - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Campbell's Soup Can (Wonton Soup)

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid on board

ANDY WARHOL - Keith Haring - silver gelatin print - 10 x 8 in.

silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Statue of Liberty and World Trade Center - silver gelatin print - 8 x 10 in.

Statue of Liberty and World Trade Center

silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Andy Warhol Abroad - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Andy Warhol Abroad

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Flowers - Polaroid on board - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid on board

ANDY WARHOL - World Trade Center - silver gelatin print - 8 x 10 in.

World Trade Center

silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Andy and Barbi Benton - unique silver gelatin print - 8 x 10 in.

Andy and Barbi Benton

unique silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Andy and Steve Rubell - silver gelatin print - 8 x 10 in.

Andy and Steve Rubell

silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Aunt Jemima - unique Polacolor 2 print - 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.

3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.

unique Polacolor 2 print

ANDY WARHOL - B'nai Zion Balloon in Parade - silver gelatin print - 8 x 10 in.

B'nai Zion Balloon in Parade

silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Bridge and Skyline - silver gelatin print - 8 x 10 in.

Bridge and Skyline

silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Cabbage Patch Doll - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Cabbage Patch Doll

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Carolina Herrera - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Carolina Herrera

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Christmas Pointsettias - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Christmas Pointsettias

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Cookie Jar - unique Polacolor ER Print - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

unique Polacolor ER Print

ANDY WARHOL - Crosses - Polaroid, Polacolor - 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. ea.

3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Diane Von Furstenberg - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Diane Von Furstenberg

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Fancy Yarn - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Farrah Fawcett Photo Shoot - silver gelatin print - 8 x 10 in. ea.

Farrah Fawcett Photo Shoot

silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Fred Hughes - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Gun - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Japanese Toy (Panda with Drum) - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Japanese Toy (Panda with Drum)

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Jean-Paul Gaultier - unique Polacolor ER Print - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Jean-Paul Gaultier

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

unique Polacolor ER Print

ANDY WARHOL - Keith Haring and Juan Dubose - Polaroid - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Keith Haring and Juan Dubose

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

ANDY WARHOL - Knives - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - La Grande Passion - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

La Grande Passion

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Last Supper - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Mother Goose - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Mrs. Yves Arman - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Mrs. Yves Arman

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Neil Sedaka - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - New York Skyline - silver gelatin print - 10 x 8 in.

New York Skyline

silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Perugina Candy Box - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Perugina Candy Box

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Sao Schlumberger - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Sao Schlumberger

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

ANDY WARHOL - Steve Rubell - silver gelatin print - 8 x 10 in.

silver gelatin print

ANDY WARHOL - Tatum O'Neal and John McEnroe - unique Polacolor ER Print - 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.

Tatum O'Neal and John McEnroe

3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.

unique Polacolor ER Print

ANDY WARHOL - Truman Capote - Polaroid - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.

ANDY WARHOL - Uncle Sam - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.

Polaroid, Polacolor

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