Electric Chair

Medium: Screenprint on Strathmore Drawing paper
Year: circa 1978
Image: 11 7/8 x 16 1/8 inches (30.2  x 41 cm)
Sheet: 18×24 inches (45.7  x 70 cm)
Edition: A small number of impressions
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New-York
Literature: Feldman and Schellmann IIIA.4

Unpublished print.
Based on a press service photograph (Wide World Photo, January 13, 1953) of the electric chair in the death chamber at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New-York.

Auction Results

Christie’s New-York: 16 April 2025
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 17,640

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Electric Chair (see Feldman & Schellmann IIIA.4), circa 1978
Unique screenprint on Strathmore Drawing paper
One of a small number of impressions
With the ‘Estate of Andy Warhol’ and the ‘Authorized by the Andy Warhol Foundation’ stamps on the reverse
Numbered ‘UP47.52’ in pencil on the reverse

Sotheby’s Milan: 25 May 2023
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 12,000
EUR 16,510 / USD 17,755

ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Electric Chair (F. & S. IIIA.4), circa 1978
Unique screenprint, on Strathmore Drawing paper
With the ‘Estate of Andy Warhol’ and the ‘Andy Warhol Enterprises, Inc. 1978’ inkstamps
Annotated WP890.52, A694.115 and with the initials ‘VF’ in pencil on the reverse

Christie’s New-York: 8 March 2023
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 30,240

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Electric Chair (Feldman & Schellmann IIIA.4), circa 1978
Screenprint on Strathmore Drawing paper
One of a small number of impressions
With the ‘Estate of Andy Warhol’ and the ‘Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board’ ink stamps
Annotated ‘UP 47.46’ in pencil on the reverse

Phillips London: 14 June 2021
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 10,000
GBP 13,860 / USD 19,545