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Sid Boyum: Eccentric in Paradise

Date: 04 09 1979
Description: View of Sid Boyum sitting in his living room at 237 Waubesa Street. He is sitting on a couch and holding a jug previously used for vinegar, which he sculpt...
Photograph

"Traffic"

Date: 1976
Description: Photograph of an original oil painting on canvas by Sid Boyum titled "Traffic." The work pictures a multi-colored abstract piece displayed vertically again...
Photograph

Sid Sitting in Living Room

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Description: Sid sitting on a couch reading a book in his living room amidst Asian furnishings and objects.
Photograph

Sid Looking at Photography Exhibit

Date: 12 1972
Description: Sid looking at a "Storyville" photograph by E. J. Bellocq at an exhibition. He is wearing a brown fedora with buckled band and feather.
Photograph

Sid with Sculpture of Viking Troll

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Description: Sid standing in his kitchen looking at a sculpture of a Viking troll set up on a stool.
Photograph

Sid Carving Sculpture

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Description: Sid standing and carving the sculpture of a woman's torso "Biomorphic Female Abstract in Pink" with a hammer and a chisel in his backyard.
Photograph

Sid with Sculpture of Viking Troll

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Description: Sid is standing in his kitchen looking at a sculpture of a Viking troll set up on a stool.
Photograph

Sid Boyum with Sculpture in Backyard

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Description: Sid is standing in his backyard posing with a sculpture. More sculptures and the torii gate are in the yard behind him among shrubs. The Madison-Kipp Corpo...
Photograph

Steve and Two Children Playing Flutophones

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Description: Steve, Sid Boyum's son, and two other children, playing the flutophones, standing together on a stage.
Photograph

Tea Garden Card with Sid Boyum in Costume

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Description: Christmas card by Sid of himself standing in his backyard in the tea garden. Boyum, in grey kimono and straw conical hat and holding a small wooden keg, is...
Document

A Poem of Sid Boyum 1913-1991

Date: 1991
Description: A poem expressing Sid's passionate attitude towards his life, nature and art with a drawing of a fish at the bottom. This probably served as Sid's memorial...
Photograph

Sid Going Through the Wringer

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Description: Sid in darkroom with a cigar in his mouth, rolling a miniature, printed cut-out version of himself through a photographic print wringer in a darkroom. Sid ...
Photograph

Gisholt V12 Machinery

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Description: Rendering of a new piece of Gisholt V12 machinery.
Photograph

Abstract Metal Sculpture

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Description: 3-D abstract cut metal sculpture, resting on black velvet. It stands 31 inches high.
Drawing

Candle Burning on Both Ends

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Description: Drawing of a candle burning on both ends, with wax dripping from the bottom.
Drawing

Drawing of a Female Torso

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Description: Female torso in black and white. Leaf pattern in a the background.
Drawing

Drawing of a Bass

Date: 1964
Description: Pencil drawing on tissue of jumping bass.
Photograph

Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: View of Sid Boyum's backyard, with an arch, pagoda, and sculptures among shrubs and trees. The Madison-Kipp Corporation factory is in the background.
Photograph

Sid with "Biomorphic Femal Abstract in Pink"

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Description: Sid standing next to his sculpture of a woman's torso "Biomorphic Female Abstract in Pink" in his backyard near his porch.
Photograph

Sid Painting "Abstract Girl"

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Description: Sid Boyum painting the body of "Abstract Girl." The pattern on her body was based on one of his canvases titled "Traffic." He used Disguise Stix© on the mo...

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