Alice Cooper Discovers Forgotten Warhol Print in Storage

Rockstar Alice Cooper has rediscovered a silkscreen print of Andy Warhol's "Little Electric Chair" from the 1964 Death and Disaster series in a New York storage warehouse. The print, never stretched on a frame, was likely purchased in 1970 by Cooper's then-partner Cindy Lang for $2,500, as recalled by manager Shep Gordon. It was used as a stage prop and subsequently forgotten amid the chaotic rock-and-roll lifestyle. The macabre subject matter—depicting the electric chair at Sing Sing prison where Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed—resonated with Cooper's own controversial stage persona. However, the artwork's value is uncertain because the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts ceased authenticating newly discovered works in November 2011 following a legal dispute. A comparable print sold for $11.6 million at Christie's in November 2015, but without authentication, Cooper's find may be worthless.