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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Sid with "Gnome"

Date: 1990
Description: Sid posing with the "Gnome" sculpture in his backyard, hand resting on its head. Holding a signature cigar in his mouth, he is wearing a dark beret, a shor...
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Sid Posing with His Sculptures

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Description: Sid standing in the backyard on Waubesa Street among his forest of concrete cast sculptures, like the "Multi-Tiered Pagoda," "Blue Tripod," and "Biomorphic...
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Sid Standing with "Gnome"

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Description: Sid standing with the "Gnome" sculpture in his backyard. Holding a cigar in his mouth, he wears a dark beret, a short-sleeved white button-down shirt, dark...
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Young Woman Sitting on "Polar Bear Chair"

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a young woman sitting on the "Polar Bear Chair," a concrete cast sculpture in Sid's front yard. She is wearing sunglasses, shorts and s...
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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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"Multi-Tiered Pagoda"

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Description: White-washed, cast-concrete sculpture identified as "Multi-tiered Pagoda" and measuring 92" x 32" x 32". It stands in Sid's backyard in front of a tree. Tw...
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Blue Pillar Sculpture with the Artist

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Description: Sid Boyum standing in his backyard between the Blue Pillar with Figure and Pelican, and a large white Lantern sculpture. Other sculptures are in the backgr...
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"Monumental Oriental Head"

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Description: Large concrete-cast sculpture painted red and titled "Monumental Oriental Head" of a Cambodian-styled Buddha with heavily textured light-colored hair and t...
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Japanese Tea Pavilion

Date: 02 1970
Description: Japanese Tea Pavilion with an Oriental Ground Lantern and "Closed Abstraction in White" in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Group of Sid's sculptures in his backyard: "Blue Tripod," "Biomorphic Female Abstract in Pink" and "Guardian Lion." The back porch of the house and a side ...
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Tom Every and the Epicurean

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Description: Tom Every (Doc Evermor) is handing Alex Jordan a burger in front of Every's constructed grill named "The Epicurean," parked on a lawn, probably at Every's ...

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