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Portrait of Woman on Pedestal

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Description: A women's photographic head shot has been pasted onto a line drawing depicting her as the capital of a pillar. The pillar is decorated with flowers and hea...
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"This Isn't a Tunnel!"

Date: 1941
Description: Drawing of a railroad employee standing on a handcar on the tracks painting the surface of a "tunnel" with a brush. Another man is looking at him with a ha...
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Red Sculptural Cask

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of a red sculptural cask at The House on the Rock, similar to those made by Alex Jordan. It is sitting on a pedestal center to...
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Abstract Portrait of Alex Jordan

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Description: Portrait drawing on paper with graphite and crayon of Alex Jordan. The black and orange abstract of the architect shows his hair with flute-styled motifs m...
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Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1968
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing titled, "Today and Tomorrow — The Fisherman's Myth Never Flounders," that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on...
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Heart-Shaped Woman's Face

Date: 02 14 1963
Description: Drawing of the face of a woman in a heart shape, with a written date of Valentine's Day. Text on bottom right reads: "A Woman's Virtue is Man's Imagination...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of American World War II soldiers walking single file on a wooden planked bridge with guide rope. The foreshortening perspective shows boo...
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Christmas Card with Sid and Pig — Inside

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Description: Inside art and text of two-fold, copy-art Christmas card of a pig on stilts above a pool of mire, where a carpenter's level is sticking out at an angle. Ti...
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Card on Unrequited Love and Loss

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Description: Pen-and-ink drawing of an eye with a single tear superimposed on a doily heart decorated with stars. Piercing the heart from top to bottom is a sword. Two ...
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"Any Openings in the 'Goof-Off' Dept?"

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Description: Satirical ink-on-paper cartoon about corporate culture. It shows a man in clownish attire carrying a pillow, satchel with gambling items (cards, poker chip...
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"An Invitation, Automation on Ice!"

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Description: Cartoon of warmly dressed men working on conveyor belt on a frozen lake. Fish on a stringer are being pulled up from a hole in the ice onto the conveyor be...
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The Great Rideless One!

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Description: Drawing of a disheveled fisherman with a cigar in his mouth holding up his thumb to hitchhike. He is holding a fish in one hand, and a fishing rod is resti...
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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, ...
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Invitation to Ice Chippers Gathering

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Description: Invitation for Ice Chippers in black ink, white tempura and blue paint on orange card. It is a drawing of Gene Beckman in a black hooded winter coat, kneel...
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Gisholt Brochure Dummy — Pages 36 and 37

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Description: Layout of pages 36 and 37 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite and yellow and black past...
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Gisholt Brochure Dummy — Pages 34 and 35

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Description: Layout of pages 34 and 35 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite and yellow and black past...
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Gisholt Brochure Dummy — Pages 14 and 15

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Description: Layout of pages 14 and 15 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite and yellow and black past...
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Gisholt Brochure Dummy — Cover

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Description: Cover layout for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite, yellow and black pastel, and white pa...
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Gisholt Brochure Dummy — Pages 6 and 7

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Description: Layout of pages 6 and 7 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The abstract drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite, yellow and black ...
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Gisholt Brochure Dummy - Pages 8 and 9

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Description: Layout of pages 8 and 9 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite and yellow and black pastel...

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