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Chair

Object number2006.58.21

Artist Tim Menees

MediumVinyl; Metal; Plastic

Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Murphy Jr.

DescriptionMulti-colored painted metal and vinyl chair; chair has a caricature of Mayor Tom Murphy and an oven selector knob on the seat back and a electric stovetop coil on the seat cushion; text on seat back.Dimensions34.5 x 16 x 18 in. (87.6 x 40.6 x 45.7 cm)
Marksseat back reads: "The OFFICIAL / TOM / MURPHY / PARKING / CHAIR ... / & / MAYORAL / HOT / SEAT"; "TIM MENEES" is on the left side, printed vertically; the seat cushion reads: "APPROVED / BY THE / DORMONT P.D"
Historical NotesA parking chair decorated by Tim Menees, political cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The chair belonged to Tom Murphy who was Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1994-2006.Label TextA political cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Menees created this chair for a fundraiser. Made to mimic the chairs Pittsburghers leave in the street to save a parking space, it features a caricature of then Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy familiar to readers of the paper. Murphy served as Mayor from 1994-2006.

Previous owner Thomas J. Murphy Jr. (born 1944)

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