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Sid in utero with Cigar
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Created for a four-fold, copy art Christmas greeting card, the graphic shows Sid as a baby smoking a cigar in the womb. This head and left hand are photographic cut outs pasted onto the developing body of a baby drawn on board with black ink and white tempera.
Boyum, Sid, 1914-1991
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W01442G
WHi 123431
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Greeting Card
1951
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