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"Blue Tripod" and Other Sculptures

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Description: Sid's sculpture "Blue Tripod" is in the center of Sid's backyard, with snow on the ground. Around it are other sculptures and trees and bushes. The Madison...
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"Blue Tripod"

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Description: Sid's "Blue Tripod" among other sculptures in his backyard. The tripod measures 104" x 31" x 54". Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Arched Bridge Over Pond

Date: 09 1969
Description: Arched bridge across small pond in Sid's backyard. In the background are a Japanese structure and Fudog lantern.
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"Feminine Torso" Sculpture

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Description: Sculpture "Feminine Torso" in Sid's backyard. There is a hand pump in the foreground on the left.
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"Sphinx" Sculpture

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Description: Sid's sculpture "Sphinx" in an early phase of construction in his backyard among trees and plants.
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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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Buddha Head and Pagoda

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Description: Sid's backyard with Asian-themed, concrete-cast sculptures titled "Monumental Oriental Head" of a Buddha (with dimensions of 110" x 45" x 78"), "Multi-Tier...
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Cambodian Lion Armature

Date: 07 1969
Description: Armature made of flat, interlocking plywood pieces sitting on the lawn in Sid's backyard, in the general shape of the Cambodian Lion sculpture. Parts of th...
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"Guardian Lion" in Blue

Date: 09 1969
Description: Southeast Asian-styled "Guardian Lion" concrete-cast sculpture on a large rectangular base painted blue in Sid's backyard. In the background is the white "...
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Book Man Sculpture

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Description: High relief sculpture of a man in an academic robe clutching a book to his chest, standing against a fence. In the background is the house next door and Ma...
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Astrolabe in Red and Gold

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Description: Metal astrolabe mounted on concrete base in Sid's backyard. The base is painted red with yellow Chinese characters, the Astrolabe is painted gold. In the ...
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Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Backyard with Cambodian Lion in foreground, white lantern, multi-tiered pagoda, tea house roof and torii gate on the lawn in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp C...
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Sea Horse Sculpture

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Description: 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.
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Gnome-Face Sculpture

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Description: Blue-green, pear-shaped sculpture on a round base with three limb-shapes on top in Sid Boyum's backyard. The face is painted in natural colors with incise...
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Madison-Kipp Corporation

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Description: View towards the building of Plant No. 1 of the Madison-Kipp Corporation on the other side of Waubesa Street. Ivy covers its brick walls. Railroad tracks r...
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Madison-Kipp Corporation

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Description: View across field towards structures in front of the Madison-Kipp Corporation building, pictured in the background. Its smokestack is visible to the right ...
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Opening Day Fishing Season (Unpublished)

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Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that collages several scenes: the Madison skyline from the lakeshore of Lake Monona; Ted Ryan, a road maintenance worker, ...
Print

Four-fold card "In Memory of My Mother"

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Description: Four-fold, copy art card with front panel shows a religious statue of a woman sheltering three children under her mantle. On the inside, the left panel a b...
Painting

View of Downtown Madison from Lake Monona

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Description: Watercolor painting of a view of downtown Madison from Lake Monona. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the center.
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Emma Boyum

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Description: Emma Marie Boyum (nee Schroeder), mother of Sid Boyum, sitting in a large chair on the front porch of her home at 237 Waubesa Street on the east side of Ma...

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