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1998_001_VIII_248.jpg
Photostat
17" x 22"

The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million…

1998_001_VIII_247.jpg
Graphite on tracing paper
20.5" x 27.5"

The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more…

Item #6235.jpg
Pencil on tracing paper
8" x 5"

The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44…

2000.145a.jpg
Original model for Freedom of the Human Spirit. This model is in several pieces. There are 3 geese, the male and female figures, 2 pieces to the spires and a small box that contains the braids of the female. The yellowish discoloring is from…

2000.001.001.jpg
Several plaster sections of the full-scale Freedom of the Human Spirit sculpture.

1998.004.jpg
Two nude figures with arms outstretched float upon the geese. They appear to ascend from the ground toward the sky leaving behind a plume or air. The woman rises above the male figure.

"In Flushing, New York, On the grounds of the old site of…

1994.035.jpg
The Freedom of the Human Spirit, 1985
Miniature
Gold

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.035

1991.046.jpg
Freedom of the Human Spirit, 1964
One third scale model
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.046

Fredericks is quoted explaining the Freedom of the Human Spirit:

"I tried to take the male and female figures…

1991.031.jpg
Freedom of the Human Spirit, 1964
Plaster and fiberglass

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.031

The Freedom of the Human Spirit was originally sculpted for the 1964 World's Fair in New York City. It stood in the Court of …

Marshall Fredericks waves while attending the unveiling of Freedom of the Human Spirit in Shain Park.tif
The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of…
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