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This is not just any electric chair. This is the electric
chair at Sing Sing Prison, the electric chair where the
Rosenbergs were executed... ..and that's one of the defining
events in America at that time... ..and it's one of the coming
of age as an adult of Andy Warhol. In the early 1960s, Andy was given
a stack of original photographs as a gift, so that's where the
electric chair painting came from
chair at Sing Sing Prison, the electric chair where the
Rosenbergs were executed... ..and that's one of the defining
events in America at that time... ..and it's one of the coming
of age as an adult of Andy Warhol. In the early 1960s, Andy was given
a stack of original photographs as a gift, so that's where the
electric chair painting came from
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This is not just any electric chair.
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This is the electric
chair at Sing Sing Prison,
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the electric chair where the
Rosenbergs were executed...
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..and that's one of the defining
events in America at that time...
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..and it's one of the coming
of age as an adult of Andy Warhol.
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In the early 1960s, Andy was given
a stack of original photographs
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as a gift, so that's where the
electric chair painting came from.
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Movie Summary
He was a pioneering artist and cultural icon and his work is a history of 20th-century America. A country reinventing itself as seen through an artist's eye. 3 part documentary looking at 20th century America through the life of W...
