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"Smiling Mushroom"
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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 mushroom cap; a red mouth with white teeth opens on the side of the cap. The green base is square and has three small white mushrooms. In the background is the base of another sculpture, shrubbery and a hosta plant. It measures 26" x 24" x 32".
Boyum, Sid, 1914-1991
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"Live in Fear" and "Smiling Mushroom"
Red painted wooden Japanese torii gate, and a side view of a sculptural arch of a standing old man in Sid Boyum's backyard. The man, with a prodigious nose, big blue eyes, faded ruddy complexion, h...
"Odd Tower" Blue Pillar with Figure and Pelican
Tall blue pillar identified as "Odd Tower" with a grinning face at the top. A figure partway down has its head inside the pillar and feet braced against the pillar. At the base is a white pelican s...
Trolly Car
Toonerville Trolley car in Sid's backyard on Waubesa Street. The Smiling Mushroom sculpture can be seen to the right of the car.
Sea Horse Sculpture
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.
"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project
April 2000
Successful relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, is seen squatt...
Lantern Sculpture
August 1966
Lantern sculpture surrounded by trees and plants. In the background is a man sitting or standing with his back turned.
