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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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Low Relief of a Buddhist Face

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Description: Painted low relief, set in the lawn near the base of the Buddha sculpture, of a Buddhist face, along with abstract flower patterns. Owls are set along the ...
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Sid Posing with His Sculptures

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Description: Sid standing in the backyard on Waubesa Street among his forest of concrete cast sculptures, like the "Multi-Tiered Pagoda," "Blue Tripod," and "Biomorphic...
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Man in Bathtub Outdoors

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Description: Curt Martin sitting in a clawfoot bathtub outdoors and holding oars as if the he was rowing. Behind the man are plants and a broken snow fence.
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Bonsai

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Description: Colored ink drawing of a bonsai from The House on the Rock, colored with felt pen in orange, green, brown and yellow. The small tree is sitting in front of...
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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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Portaging by White River

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Description: Man sitting at the aft of a canoe in a wooded river area. There is an outboard motor leaning against a tree in the center of the image. Handwritten text ca...
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Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

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Description: View across Sid's backyard with a shed structure in the background. In the yard are plants, trees, and sculptures which are surrounding a large, white, lan...
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Trolly Car

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Description: Toonerville Trolley car in Sid's backyard on Waubesa Street. The Smiling Mushroom sculpture can be seen to the right of the car.
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Waterfall at The House on the Rock

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Description: Black pen ink drawing on tracing paper of the exterior water feature. There are two rows of square glass windows on the Mill House, and tree trunks, shrubs...
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Lone Fisherman

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Description: View from shoreline across water towards a man standing and fishing at the narrow inlet of a large body of water in the background. The man is wearing a ha...
Print

"Wishing You 9 Lives" Birthday Card

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Description: Four-fold, copy art birthday card with a photograph of a cat on the front cover, with the caption: "Wishing You 9 Lives." Inside spread of a photograph of ...
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White "Multi-Tiered Pagoda"

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Description: Unfinished cast-concrete sculpture identified as "Multi-tiered Pagoda" and measuring 92" x 32" x 32." It is standing in Sid Boyum's backyard. The brick wal...
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Man's Shoe and Cigar Butt

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Description: Close-up of a man's shoe treading on someone's hand holding a cigar butt on the ground, with a shadow casting on the wall in the background. On the ground ...
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Goose Sculpture in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Prone flat sculpture of a goose in flight set in a bed of white gravel in the lawn of Sid's backyard. It is a gray slab cut to look like a flying bird. The...
Poster

"Help Me Drive Snakes Out Of Ireland"

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Description: A woman with green hair is holding a green stick with the text "Ohio" on it. Drawn in green is a snake at top right, wearing a hat, and clover leaves. On t...
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"Six-Sided Red Lantern"

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Description: Cast-concrete barrel-shaped sculpture identified as "Six-sided Red Lantern" set on rocks in Sid's backyard. The lantern measures 30" x 29" x 29". Madison-K...
Drawing

Moon Gate

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of the Moon Gate at The House on the Rock. Carefully matched and fitted stone forms a circular gateway. A cedar tree frames th...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1970
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a view across water towards a fisherman wearing waders and holding his spinning rod and creel is crouching on his hands...
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Scuba Diver Fishing Underwater

Date: 08 1963
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man wearing diving gear is fishing underwater. He is sitting on the lake bed among weeds with a worm on the end of his...

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