The EverLasting Beautiful by FEWOCiOUS. Courtesy of the artist.
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George Michael’s Art-Dealer Ex Secures Settlement – Former art dealer Kenny Goss reached a settlement with the family of musician George Michael. The two had a relationship decades ago, and, when Michael died in 2016, Goss sued the singer’s siblings, who became heirs to Michael’s estate using the Inheritance Act, which allows individuals to pursue an inheritance even if they are left out the will. (
Even if
Alice Cooper wasn’t already a successful rock legend, he’s definitely set for retirement now. This fall, he’s auctioning off an
Andy Warhol that he’d forgotten he’d owned and it could fetch as much as $4.5 million.
The Warhol is a red, acrylic and silkscreen of the late artist’s
Little Electric Chair, from his Death and Disaster series from 1964-1965. Alice found it, still in perfect condition, in the garage of his house in Scottsdale, Arizona a few years ago.
“This silkscreen was given to me during some crazy years and I had completely forgotten I even owned it,” said Cooper in a statement. “I met Andy Warhol when I lived in New York City, and it was just when I was becoming the scourge of rock n’ roll and of course that attracted the whole Warhol crowd.” He adds that his girlfriend at the time was “really connected into” Warhol’s crew.
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Alice Cooper talks about his artwork by Andy Warhol called Little Electric Chair at Larsen Gallery in Scottsdale.
A photograph of the execution chamber in a New York prison led to a defining work in Andy Warhol’s 1960s Death and Disaster series.
The work called “Little Electric Chair” was gifted long ago to shock rocker Alice Cooper because it went really well with a stage prop he had back then.
“Little Electric Chair” is an acrylic and screen print on canvas. The one a girlfriend gifted Alice Cooper as a birthday present is red.
The image by Andy Warhol drew on a 1950s press photo of the electric chair at Sing Sing prison, where Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as Russian spies.