Drawing
Opening Day Fishing Season (Unpublished)
| Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that collages several scenes: a cigar-smoking fisherman holding a broken rod; a young Nancy Ryan with one leg propped on a lawn mower pulling the rest of the broken rod, which has its line winding up through tree branches to hook Ted Ryan on the rear, lifting him off his feet; a man with a fish on the line in a boat with a woman eyeing flying ducks with the net; singing fish and guitar-playing frogs; Whistler's Mother with a fishbowl on her lap, looking at fish portrait on the wall; a fisherman offering a seaweed martini to a mermaid; and, a man admiring a cat-faced fish. Sid's authorship is in the lower left corner. |
| Image ID: | 124440 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Boyum, Sid |
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| Collection Name: | Sid Boyum collection, circa 1900-2018 (bulk 1950-1980) |
| Genre: | Drawing |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6986 Box 6, Folder 3 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10.75 x 13.75 inches |
| Donated by Nancy Ryan, who suggested that is an unpublished Opening Day fishing drawing. Sid Boyum created the first "Opening Day" in 1963 promote the opening day of the general fishing season. The series ran annually until 1989 in the Capital Times and the Wisconsin State Journal. In exchange, Sid would receive copies of the print to distribute on his own. |
| Men |
| Women |
| Boats and boating |
| Fishing |
| Smoking |
| Children |
| Clothing and dress |
| Drawing |
| Cigars |
| Insects |
| Caricatures and cartoons |
| Fishes |
| Cats |
| Yards |
| Birds |
| Dwellings |
| Protective clothing |
| Hats |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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