ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
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ID 1422990
Lot 55 | ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Big Electric Chair
acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
54 x 74 in. (137.2 x 188 cm.)
Executed in 1967-1968.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1969
Literature
R. Crone, Andy Warhol, New York, 1970, p. 301, no. 377 (dated 1967).
Ö. Fahlström, "WARHOL," Louisiana Revy, vol. 12, no. 1, August 1971, p. 27.
R. Crone, Das bildnerische Werk Andy Warhols, Berlin, 1976, p. 366, no. 694.
"Andy Warhol," Louisiana Revy, vol. 19, no. 1, August 1978, pp. 41 and 55, no. 37 (illustrated; dated 1967).
G. Frei and N. Printz, The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculptures 1964-1969, vol. 2B, London and New York, 2004, pp. 346, 350 and 363, no. 2035 (illustrated).
La Collection et son Double Matthys-Colle Collection 2019 / 2029, Ghent, 2021, pp. 4, 6 and 13 (illustrated; dated 1967).
Exhibited
Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Kunsthalle Bern; Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus and Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Andy Warhol, February 1968-April 1969.
Pasadena Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and London, Tate Gallery, Andy Warhol, May 1970-March 1971 (Pasadena, n.p., titled and dated Electric Chair, 1967; Eindhoven, p. 12, no. 38, titled and dated Electric Chair, 1967; Paris, n.p., no. 77, titled and dated Electric Chair, 1967; London, p. 96, no. 117, titled and dated Electric Chair, 1967).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, American Art in Belgium, May-August 1977, p. 76, no. 152 (illustrated; titled and dated Electric Chair, 1967).
Kunsthaus Zurich, Andy Warhol, May-July 1978, p. 208, no. 89 (dated 1967).
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Andy Warhol, October-November 1978.
Sint-Martens-Latem, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Matthys-Colle Collection, July-September 2007, pp. 10 and 46 (illustrated).
CaixaForum Barcelona; CaixaForum Madrid and Museo Picasso Málaga, Andy Warhol: The Mechanical Art, September 2017-September 2018, pp. 122-123 and 246, no. 49 (illustrated; dated 1967).
Ghent, S.M.A.K., 2019-2025 (extended loan).
Ghent, S.M.A.K., POP ART From Warhol to Panamarenko, November 2021-May 2022, pp. 88-91 and 196, no. 49 (illustrated; dated 1967).
Artist: | Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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