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Alice Cooper’s Warhol, rolled up in a tube for 40 years
In 2017 Alice Cooper’s team said a red Andy Warhol Little Electric Chair silkscreen had been found rolled in a tube in storage after ~40 years among touring props. Summarised from The Guardian; artwork image not reproduced.
As of 24 Jul 2017. Alice Cooper’s longtime manager said a red Warhol Little Electric Chair silkscreen — from the Death and Disaster series — was rediscovered “rolled up in a tube” in storage after more than forty years among touring equipment, including a stage electric chair.
Shep Gordon told The Guardian that Cooper and Warhol had hung out in early-1970s New York. Model Cindy Lang reportedly arranged the purchase of a 1964 canvas for about $2,500. The work went into the touring kit and was forgotten. Years later, after an LA dealer mentioned Warhol auction prices, Gordon asked Cooper’s mother; they found the tube in storage.
Gordon said Cooper did not want something that valuable on the wall at first — a green Little Electric Chair had sold for $11.6m at Christie’s in November 2015 — so it went back into storage. Warhol expert Richard Polsky told the paper he was “100%” on the provenance and dated the piece to 1964–65; the work is unsigned, and the Andy Warhol Foundation had stopped authenticating in 2011.
For Stowkind hosts storing art: climate, inventory photos, and knowing what you hold matter as much as square footage.
Hob’s note
Art and touring props need labels that outlive the tour. If it’s rolled, say so. If it’s valuable, say who said so — and keep that note with the tube.
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