“Little Electric Chair,” andy Warhol’s legendary black and red screen-printed rocking chair that Alice Cooper discovered in the garage and plans to auction this fall will be available to the public at Scottsdale’s Larsen Gallery on Thursday ArtWalk on June 24.
Acrylic and screen printing inks on canvas will be in operation from 5:30 p. m. at 7:30 p. m. in the gallery for just one day.
The Larsen Gallery is at 3705 N. Bishop Lane, Scottsdale.
Cooper chose Larsen in Scottsdale to sell the 22- to 28-inch paintings he had forgotten about, if they had sat in the garage for decades until he discovered them wrapped in a tube.
As the rocker explained in a press release: “I’ve never been a Warhol collector. When I gather it, I like to put a lot of pieces together and I’m not going to have Warhol anymore. Probably someone is in favor of this electric chair and I have it.
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Cooper and Warhol met in New York at Max’s Kansas City and were combined in a box at Studio 54 in the ’70s.
His then-girlfriend, Cindy Lang, bought the Warhol symbol in 1974 as a birthday present for the shock-rock icon. Cooper was known for an electric chair as one of many strategies for simulating his own functionality on stage.
When he recently sold the image, Cooper said he was looking for a gallery in Arizona to take over the auction.
Larsen Gallery homeowners Scott and Polly Larsen will donate a portion of the gallery’s commission to Cooper’s Solid Rock Nonprofit Foundation, which caters and contacts local Arizona teens.
The art, which is expected to generate between $2. 5 million and $4. 5 million, may be Arizona’s best-selling art to date when it was auctioned off to the bidder at the fall 2021 Larsen Art Auction on Oct. 23.
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The public display will come with the portrait itself and the images through Cooper and Warhol.
Scott and Polly Larsen will answer questions, communicate about the paintings and sign potential bidders for the Oct. 23 auction.
Guests will gain functionality through independent folk singer-songwriter Sophie Dorsten of Cooper’s Solid Rock Foundation.
In a press release, Scott Larsen said, “We are thrilled to share this vital Andy Warhol with the city of Scottsdale on Thursday’s ArtWalk. Alice wanted to make sure she gave the audience a chance to see the paintings on the user before they were sold. . Maybe we can even track down local Alice Cooper enthusiasts to bid this fall.
For more information or to register to bid on the 2021 Larsen art auction, the online auction page larsenartauction. com or tap the gallery at 480-941-0900.
Contact the reporter at ed. masley@arizonarepublic. com or 602-444-4495. Follow him on Twitter @EdMasley.
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