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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/2470/2476-84.jpg
Title	Big Electric Chair.
Creator	Warhol, Andy (American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker, 1928-1987)
Date	1967
Cultural Context	American North American
Style/Period	Pop (fine arts styles) Modern (styles and periods)
Theme	Prints (visual works) Screen prints Silkscreens (visual works) Paintings (visual works) Acrylic paintings (visual works) Mixed media Abstraction Chairs (furniture forms) Armchairs Seating furniture Furniture Backs (furniture components) Slats (object genres) Arms (furniture components) Armrests (object genre) Seats (furniture components) Deaths Executions (events) Punishing Law enforcing Crime Criminals Prisoners Convicts Inmates Prisons (institutions) Prisons (buildings) Correctional institutions (institutions) Correctional institutions (buildings) Penitentiaries (buildings) Penitentiaries (institutions)
Subject	Prints Screen prints Paintings Acrylic paintings Mixed media Electric chairs Chairs Seating furniture Furniture Punishment devices Punishment & torture Electrocutions Executions Death Sentences (Criminal procedures) Crimes Law enforcement Prisoners Criminals Prisons
Description	Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas.
Material	Silkscreen ink Ink Paint Polymer paint Acrylic paint Synthetic resin paint Canvas Acrylic on canvas Silkscreen print on canvas Mixed media
Measurements	54" x 6' 1" (137 x 185.4 cm)
Technique	Screen printing Printing (process) Printmaking Painting (image-making) Acrylic painting (technique)
Work Type	Silkscreens (visual works) Prints Screen prints Paintings Acrylic paintings Mixed media Chairs
Repository	Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, France) Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, France)
Source	McShine, Kynaston, ed. Andy Warhol: A Retrospective. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1989. (p.276, pl.282)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in McShine courtesy: The Menil Collection, Houston; Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Gift of The Menil Foundation.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 2476-84.jpg
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