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ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Lot 13
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Lot 13 | ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
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ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Little Electric Chair

signed, numbered and dated 'Andy Warhol 64 A1290.7' (on the overlap)

acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas

22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm.)

Executed in 1964.





Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC 275)

Mr. and Mrs. David Pincus, Wynnewood

Gordon Locksley Gallery, Minneapolis

Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 18 May 1979, lot 106

Francesco Pellizzi, New York

Gagosian Gallery, New York

José Mugrabi, New York

Private collection

Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 13 November 2007, lot 42

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

R. Crone, Andy Warhol, New York, 1970, no. 349.

R. Crone, Das Bildnerische Werke Andy Warhols, Berlin, 1976, no. 665.

G. Frei and N. Printz, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculptures 1964-1969, vol. 02A, New York, 2004, pp. 364 and 377, no. 1430 (illustrated).

R. Smith, "History Lessons, Without the Crowds," The New York Times, 11 June 2016, Section C, p. 1.



Exhibited

Toronto, Jerrold Morris International Gallery Limited, Andy Warhol, March-April 1965.

Boston, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Andy Warhol, October-November 1966, n.p., no. 18 (illustrated).

Pasadena Art Museum; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum; Paris, Musée de l'Art Moderne; London, Tate Gallery and New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Andy Warhol, May 1970-June 1971, no. 111.

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Sixties Color, April-May 1985.

Hempstead, Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra Museum, Maelstrom: Contemporary Images of Violence, April-June 1986, p. 19 (illustrated).

Tokyo, Mitsubishi Ltd., Andy Warhol, January 1991, no. 12 (illustrated).

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Andy Warhol: 1928-1987, August-October 1992, no. 91 (illustrated).

Vienna, Kunst Haus Wien; Orlando Museum of Art and Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Art, Andy Warhol: 1928-1987, February 1993-March 1994, no. 12 (illustrated).

Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Andy Warhol: 1928-1987, October-November 1994, p. 72 (illustrated).

Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Andy Warhol, May-October 1995, p. 87, no. 60 (illustrated).

Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Andy Warhol, October 1995-February 1996, p. 113, no. 75 (illustrated).

Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Andy Warhol, September 1996-January 1997, p. 117, no. 76 (illustrated).

Taidehalli Helsinki, Andy Warhol, August-November 1997, pp. 94-95 (illustrated).

Kochi Museum of Art; Tokyo, Bunkamura Museum of Art; Umeda-Osaka, Daimura Museum; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art; Nagoya City Art Museum and Niigata City Art Museum, Andy Warhol, February 2000-February 2001, p. 109, no. 95b (illustrated).

New York, Stellan Holm Gallery, Andy Warhol: Little Electric Chair Paintings, May 2001, p. 20, no. 10 (illustrated).

New York, Venus Over Manhattan, Andy Warhol: Little Electric Chairs, May-June 2016, n.p. (illustrated on the cover).
Artist:Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)
Art style:Post War Art
Auction house category:Paintings
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