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Four Lantern Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Four lantern sculptures in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Red and Blue Lantern in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Red and blue lantern set up on rocks in Sid's backyard.
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"Six-Sided Red Lantern"

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Description: Cast-concrete barrel-shaped sculpture identified as "Six-sided Red Lantern" set on rocks in Sid's backyard. The lantern measures 30" x 29" x 29". Madison-K...
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Japanese Tea Pavilion in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Japanese Tea Pavilion, multi-tiered pagoda and the torii gate in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Face Disk

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Description: White face disk in Sid's backyard.
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Low Relief of a Buddhist Face

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Description: Painted low relief, set in the lawn near the base of the Buddha sculpture, of a Buddhist face, along with abstract flower patterns. Owls are set along the ...
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Bas Relief of Nude Woman (Unfinished Sculpture)

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Description: Unfinished large rectangular concrete-slab bas-relief of a nude woman identified as "Diana." She has long hair and bangs, and sits in a relaxed pose. Suppo...
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Dignified Figure and Female Torso

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Description: Dignified Figure and Female Teardrop in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Bodhisattva of Compassion and Mercy

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Description: Sculpture of Avalokiteshvara / Kannon / Guanyin (also known as the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy) in Sid's backyard. The figure depicted as either ma...
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Astrolabe

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Description: Astrolabe in Sid's backyard.
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Sid's Sculptures in his Backyard

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Description: Three Tiered Fountain, "Live in Fear," lantern in beige, and torii gate in Sid's backyard.
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Face Disk Sculpture

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Description: Face Disk sculpture in the foreground. In the background is the Japanese Tea Pavilion in Sid's backyard.
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Torii Gate and Japanese Tea Pavilion

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Description: The torii gate, Japanese Tea Pavilion and lanterns in Sid's backyard.
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"Monumental Oriental Head"

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Description: Large Cambodian-styled, cast concrete "Monumental Oriental Head" of a Buddha painted red in Sid's backyard with heavily textured light-colored hair and top...
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Great Blue Heron in the Backyard

Date: 02 22 2015
Description: A painted, flat, yard sculpture of a blue heron sitting in the snow in the photographer's yard. A few dead plants are sticking up out of the snow.
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Early Morning Rooster Beside the House

Date: 04 23 2015
Description: A red statue of a rooster sitting in the dirt in front of the foundation of a house.
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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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This Town Is Your Home

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first, silhouetted figures are working in the yard in front of a large house with a public school and a factory with...
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Man Whittling

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Description: Man sitting on a rocking chair in a yard whittling in a rocking chair in front of a log cabin that has a sign reading: "Elwood." Lanterns and antlers are h...
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Bust of Man with Red Striped Headdress

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Description: Side profile of a Primitivism-styled, cast-concrete sculpture of a male figure in Sid Boyum's backyard near yew bushes and the side of the house. The figur...

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