Little Electric Chair

Little Electric Chair" by Andy Warhol is a haunting and iconic work from his "Death and Disasters" series, created between 1964 and 1965. The artwork depicts a stark, minimalist representation of an electric chair, rendered in Warhol's signature silkscreen technique on canvas. The image is based on a 1953 press photograph of the electric chair at Sing Sing State Penitentiary in New York, known as "Old Sparky. Created during a time of heightened protest against the death penalty, the work reflects the societal tensions of the mid-1960s. It was part of Warhol's broader exploration of death and disaster themes, which he planned to exhibit in Paris under the title "Death in America. Warhol applied a single layer of monochrome color before printing the silkscreen image on top. This technique, characteristic of his work, creates a stark contrast between the subject matter and its presentation