Big Electric Chair
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| Artist | Andy Warhol |
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| Year | 1967 |
| Type | Silk screen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas |
| Dimensions | 137 cm × 185.4 cm (54 in × 73.0 in) |
Created in 1967, the Stockholm Big Electric Chair is part of a series of works by Andy Warhol depicting an electric chair. Death by electrocution was a controversial subject in New York, where the artist lived and worked, especially after the last two executions at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 1963. Warhol obtained a photograph of the empty execution chamber, which became the basis for this series.[1]
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