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Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - The Reverse

Date: 1979
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man dressed in fishing gear suspended above the fireplace in a living room from a nail in the wall. Below the man is a...
Photograph

Sid Sitting with Duke

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Description: Portrait of Sid, wearing a sweater vest and a necktie, sitting outdoors in his backyard. He is posing on a bench with his arm around his dog, Duke, sitting...
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"Feminine Torso" Sculpture

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Description: Sculpture "Feminine Torso" in Sid's backyard. There is a hand pump in the foreground on the left.
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Book Man Sculpture

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Description: High relief sculpture of a man in an academic robe clutching a book to his chest, standing against a fence. In the background is the house next door and Ma...
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Japanese Tea Pavilion and the Arch

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Description: Japanese Tea Pavilion, a large arch, an Oriental Ground Lantern and other sculptures in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Otto's Fun Shop

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Description: View across street towards Otto's Newstand and Fun Shop located at 2045 Atwood Avenue. There are neon signs for "Otto's News Stand" and "Tobacco Novelties"...
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"Live in Fear" Arch

Date: 09 1977
Description: Unpainted wooden Japanese torii gate and a side view of sculptural arch of a standing old man in Sid's backyard. The man, with a prodigious nose, big blue ...
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Sid Painting "Abstract Girl"

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Description: Sid Boyum painting the body of "Abstract Girl." The pattern on her body was based on one of his canvases titled "Traffic." He used Disguise Stix© on the mo...
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Display of Sid's Art Works

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Description: Display of Sid's art works on the street at what appears to be a fair on the Capitol Square. A man, possibly Steve Boyum, is sitting in a chair behind the ...
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Sid in his Backyard

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Description: View across lawn towards Sid, standing and wearing a Japanese kimono and near the large arch, the Japanese Tea Pavilion and other lantern sculptures in his...

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