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Electric Chair (F. & S. II.74) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1971 - MyArtBroker

Electric Chair (F. & S. II.74)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

£9,500-£14,500Value Indicator

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90 x 122cm, Edition of 250, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 250
Year: 1971
Size: H 90cm x W 122cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: October 2024
Value Trend:
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Auction Results

Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
October 2024
Sotheby's New York
United States
£8,738
£10,280
£12,953
October 2022
Christie's New York
United States
October 2022
Phillips New York
United States
March 2022
Christie's London
United Kingdom
October 2017
Bernaerts Auctioneers
Belgium
March 2016
Christie's New York
United States
October 2015
Phillips New York
United States
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The value of Andy Warhol’s Electric Chair (F. & S. II.74) is estimated to be worth between £9,500 and £14,500. This signed screenprint, created in 1971, has shown consistent value growth. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £9,581 in October 2022 to £12,396 in October 2022. This work demonstrates an average annual growth rate of 1%. This is a popular work on the market, having been sold 12 times at auction since its initial sale in May 2005. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 250.

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Meaning & Analysis

Retaining the graininess and immediacy of the mass media image upon which Electric Chair (F. & S. II. 74) is based, Warhol also maintains an element of the handmade by creating imperfections and colour variations across the series. Warhol reproduces this sinister image repeatedly across the entire series to point to the way that mass media images work to desensitise the masses into accepting tragedy and death into their everyday lives.

Devoid of all human presence, Electric Chair (F. & S. II. 74) explicitly deals with the subject of death, enlarging and elevating it to the realm of high art so as to confront the viewer to relive the event. Playing on ideas of public spectacle, Warhol simultaneously repels and excites the viewer with this stark image.

  • Andy Warhol was a leading figure of the Pop Art movement and is often considered the father of Pop Art. Born in 1928, Warhol allowed cultural references of the 20th century to drive his work. From the depiction of glamorous public figures, such as Marilyn Monroe, to the everyday Campbell’s Soup Can, the artist challenged what was considered art by blurring the boundaries between high art and mass consumerism. Warhol's preferred screen printing technique further reiterated his obsession with mass culture, enabling art to be seen as somewhat of a commodity through the reproduced images in multiple colour ways.

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