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The Thinker is a bronze sculpture of a seated chimpanzee with arms folded and legs crossed. His head rests on his proper right hand and is tilted back slightly giving the appearance of being in deep thought.

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The Thinker, 1938 Bronze,…

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The Lion and Mouse, 1957
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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Fredericks stated that this sculpture illustrates the well known Aesop Fable of "The Lion and the Mouse." The mouse, whose life was spared by the…

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Two Bears, 1965
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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Two Bears was originally created for Lincoln Square, Urbana, Illinois. A large and small bear sit back to back in quiet contemplation. In nature, these…

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The Spirit of Detroit, 1958
Quarter scale model
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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Working from this model, Fredericks made the full-scale model for the sixteen-foot tall figure at the entrance to the…

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Two Sisters (Mother and Child), 1942
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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This is the full-scale model for the figures in the Two Sisters Fountain, located in a courtyard of Kingswood School, Cranbrook …

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The Boy and Bear, 1954
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned by the J.L. Hudson Company to design sculpture for Northland Center in Southfield, Michigan. At the…

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Wings of the Morning, 1969
1987 Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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With the Leaping Gazelle of 1936, this sculpture brackets a half-century of creativity. The hand, symbolic of God, gives support or…

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The Expanding Universe, 1964
(Man and the Expanding Universe)
Quarter scale model
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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This is the quarter-scale model for The Expanding Universe (Man and the Expanding…

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Eastern Civilization, from
Fountain of Eternal Life: Peace Arising from the Flames of War, 1964
Plaster, 1987

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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This full-scale model of one auxiliary sculpture for the Fountain of Eternal…

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Nordic Civilization, from Fountain of Eternal Life:
Peace Arising from the Flames of War, 1964
Plaster, 1987

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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This full-scale model of one auxiliary sculpture of the Fountain of Eternal…
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