Electric Chair Andy Warhol

Color silkscreen on vellum
Signed and numbered
Ex 47/250
90 x 122 cm (Enc. 92 x 123.5 cm)
Ed Bruno Bischofberger, Switzerland

Electric Chair is part of the series devoted to the death penalty, inspired by press photographs. Warhol transforms the macabre image of the electric chair into a graphic and repetitive motif, questioning the media's fascination with violence and death. Through its vivid colors and silkscreen treatment, the work illustrates the tension between spectacle and horror, a hallmark of the artist's Pop Art approach.