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Lion Sculpture

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Description: Fisheye lens view of an elongated lion sculpture in Sid's backyard. Behind the sculpture is a wire fence, and a taller wood fence, on which plywood bird cu...
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House with Ironwork Decoration on Front Porch

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Description: View from street of the front of a white, two-story house with pitched roof and front porch with decorative ironwork surround painted white. The house (in ...
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Sid Building Sculpture Form

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Description: Sid Boyum, with a cigar in his mouth, is standing on a ladder while building a wooden form for his concrete casting of an abstract geometric sculpture that...
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Painted Plow

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Description: Hand-painted plow, with design of flowers in Sid's backyard, next to the Tea House and the base of a sculpture.
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Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

Date: 08 1970
Description: "Six-Sided Red Lantern," "Three-Tiered Fountain" and a flat goose cut from gray stone (laid in a bed of white gravel) in Sid's backyard. A corner of the pa...
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Red and Purple Demon

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Description: High-relief, concrete-cast sculpture of a winged, four-armed gargoyle in Sid's backyard. The mouth is gaping with white fangs. Its upper body and head are ...
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"Smiling Mushroom"

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Description: Short cast-concrete sculpture identified as "Smiling Mushroom." It is an anthropomorphized form having a yellow face with eyes and nose on top of the mushr...
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Sid's Sculpture in Backyard

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Description: Sid's sculpture of faces and human bodies, identified as "Tree Spirits" partially covered by plastic, in his backyard. The Madison-Kipp Corporation factory...
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"Oriental" Head and Lion

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Description: Sid's backyard with Cambodian-styled sculptures titled "Monumental Oriental Head" of a Buddha and "Stylized Oriental Lion." The head stands 110" x 45" x 78...
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Japanese Structure and Sculptures

Date: 02 1970
Description: View of Sid's backyard, with a Japanese structure and sculptures in the snow. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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"Blue Tripod" and Other Sculptures

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Description: Sid's sculpture "Blue Tripod" is in the center of Sid's backyard, with snow on the ground. Around it are other sculptures and trees and bushes. The Madison...
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Buddha Head and Pagoda

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Description: Sid's backyard with Asian-themed, concrete-cast sculptures titled "Monumental Oriental Head" of a Buddha (with dimensions of 110" x 45" x 78"), "Multi-Tier...
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Sea Horse Sculpture

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Description: White horse sculpture with fish tail on a base of swirling water forms, in front of the Astrolabe and a medium-sized white lantern in Sid's backyard.
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Hydrostatic Hullabaloo

Date: 10 1969
Description: An International 544 and an International 656 flank the five piece music group at the "Hydrostatic Hullabaloo." An IH ventriloquist and dummy also appear i...
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Portrait of Margaret, Steve and Duke

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Sid's wife, Margaret and young Steve Boyum sitting with the family dog, Duke, on a wooden bench.
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Slippery Elm

Date: 04 1965
Description: A spreading specimen of Ulmus rubra dwarfs a small house in the background. This tree, with a trunk circumference of 16 feet 5 inches, was the subje...
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White Pine

Date: 1980
Description: Two unidentified men, each standing with one hand resting against the enormous trunk of a mature white pine and looking upward. There are other trees in th...
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International Tractor — Four Wheel Drive

Date: 1957
Description: Man driving International four-wheel drive tractor in the snow.
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4WD-1 International Tractor Crawler

Date: 1957
Description: Man sitting on International 4WD-1 tractor crawler.
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Bas-Relief of Nude Woman (Finished Sculpture)

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Description: Finished large rectangular concrete-slab bas-relief of a nude woman identified as "Diana." She has long hair and bangs, and is sitting in a relaxed pose. S...

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