ARTNET NEWS
By Eileen Kinsella, July 20, 2017
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| Alice Cooper received this Warhol Little Electric Chair as a birthday gift in 1974. Courtesy Alice Cooper. |
School’s out for summer, and Alice Cooper’s memory went on vacation—at least when it came to his art collection. Amid a 40-year rock career, the legendary singer apparently forgot all about an
Andy Warhol canvas he’s had in storage since it was given to him in 1974. When Cooper was touring during his ’70s heyday, he typically included an unusual theatrical element in his macabre shock rock act: an actual electric chair. Aware of his fondness for the sinister stage prop, Cooper’s then-girlfriend, Cindy Langa—a model who had appeared on the cover of Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine—bought him the Pop artist’s red electric chair silkscreen. She paid $2,500 for it. [
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| Andy Warhol with Alice Cooper in 1974. Photo by Bob Gruen. Courtesy Bob Gruen. |
