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Sid Sitting with Duke

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Description: Portrait of Sid, wearing a sweater vest and a necktie, sitting outdoors in his backyard. He is posing on a bench with his arm around his dog, Duke, sitting...
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Post-Pagoda Rewards for Sid and Friends

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Description: Sid and his friends celebrating at a restaurant after installing the roof for the pagoda in Sid's backyard. Russell Pratt Mecalf is 2nd from right raising ...
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Sid Sitting Near Telephone Pole

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Description: View from road of Sid sitting in the snow next to the base of a power pole while warming his hands by a small heater, which appears to be plugged into the ...
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Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: View of Sid Boyum's background. There is a large arch in the center with wind chimes hanging on it. Shrubs, trees, plants and other sculptures are on eithe...
Drawing

Sid in utero with Cigar

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Description: Created for a four-fold, copy art Christmas greeting card, the graphic shows Sid as a baby smoking a cigar in the womb. This head and left hand are photogr...
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Sid at Barbershop

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Description: Sid is sitting in a barber's chair with a cigar in his mouth, and the barber standing behind him. The barber is holding some kind of hat contraption over S...
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Sid Sitting on Stool Under Torii Gate

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Description: View towards backyard with Sid is sitting on a stool under the torii gate that has recently been anchored into the ground. He has a pitchfork. Madison-Kipp...
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Sid Checking Camera

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Description: Sid checking his 4 x 5 Busch Pressman camera toward the viewer; a flashbulb is mounted to the side. He stands in a living room furnished with upholstered b...
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Sid Boyum with Sculpture in Backyard

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Description: Waist-up view of Sid standing in his backyard next to a large sculpture inspired by South Asian styles. The yard is shaded by trees and shrubs. Part of ano...
Print

Christmas Card

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Description: Four-fold, copy art Christmas card made by Sid with two photographs of damaged commercial buildings after a fire. In one image, Sid stands on the slushy st...
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Face Disk

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Description: White face disk in Sid's backyard.
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Percussion Rock from House on the Rock

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Description: Elevated view looking down towards Percussion Rock from House on the Rock. This image was used in a brochure for House on the Rock. Sid Boyum was on the bo...
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Pagoda Installation in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Sid and some friends carrying the roof for his pagoda, ready to be installed. On the right with hand on hip is Sid's friend Russell Pratt Metcalf.
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Coffmans Posing Behind Cutouts

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Description: Carl Coffman and his mother, Evelyn B. Coffman, posing behind caricatures of a coach and a UW football player. Sid Boyum was the artist who painted the cut...
Print

"Did You Have the Right to Pick Your Own Parents"

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Description: Two-fold, printed card. Humorous front text reads, "Did you have the right to pick your own parents?" and is signed: "Sid Boyum."
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Capitol Dome

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Description: Dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Machinery at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Close-up of machinery at Gisholt factory.
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Machinery at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Close-up of machinery at Gisholt factory.
Drawing

Abstract Drawing

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Description: Abstract line drawing of a structure that appears to be among trees.
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Astrolabe

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Description: Astrolabe in Sid's backyard.

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