M.P. Sigworth and M.R. Greenfield City Scenes
Item Details
A set of two prints featuring Pittsburgh and Philadelphia city scenes. Included is a relief print on paper by M.P. Sigworth titled City Hall, Philadelphia. The monochromatic print features an abstract view of City Hall from Market Street. The piece is signed in graphite to the lower right and titled to the lower left. The print is double matted in cream and off-white and presented under glass in a black wooden frame with hanging wire to the verso. Also featured is a 1970 lithograph on paper after M.R. Greenfield. The piece depicts a monochromatic sketch of a Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway trolley. The piece is signed in charcoal to the lower left, noted as ’Artist’s Proof’ to the center and dated ‘12/16/70’ to the lower right. The piece is presented in a brown and black wooden frame with broken hanging wire to the verso.
Condition
- toning and discoloration to both prints, as well as City Hall mat, buckling to top right of City Hall print; wear to finish of both frames; wrinkling to paper of trolley print; wire hanger broken to trolley print; loose joints to frame of City Hall print; peeling tape to verso of City Hall print.
Dimensions
- measures framed City Hall print; visible image measures 4.0" W x 6.0" H; framed trolley print measures 18.25" W x 15.25" H x 0.75" D.
Item #
17PIT015-972
