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Sketch for "Flying Wild Geese" (Alvan Macauley Memorial)
Ink on paper
8.5" x 11"
Atop a wooded hill overlooking a small pond in Detroit’s Elmwood Cemetery stands a memorial to the late attorney turned industrialist Alvan Macauley. Commissioned by his wife and son soon after his death in 1952, the…
8.5" x 11"
Atop a wooded hill overlooking a small pond in Detroit’s Elmwood Cemetery stands a memorial to the late attorney turned industrialist Alvan Macauley. Commissioned by his wife and son soon after his death in 1952, the…
Sketch for "Mankind and Primates (The Family of Man)"
Graphite and ink on tracing paper
10" x 13.75"
The aluminum relief is located in the Holden Amphitheater and Great Ape House at the Detroit Zoological Institute.
Note: The building was replaced by a new primate center in the 1980s
Drawing…
10" x 13.75"
The aluminum relief is located in the Holden Amphitheater and Great Ape House at the Detroit Zoological Institute.
Note: The building was replaced by a new primate center in the 1980s
Drawing…
Sketch for "Marshall M. Fredericks Bas Relief Portrait Plaque"
Ink on paper
5.5" x 8.5"
Proposed bas relief for the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. Unrealized.
5.5" x 8.5"
Proposed bas relief for the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. Unrealized.
Sketch for "Monument of Musical Composers"
Ink on paper
5" x 8"
Possibly unrealized.
5" x 8"
Possibly unrealized.
Sketch for "Monument of Musical Composers"
Ink on paper
5" x 8"
Possibly unrealized.
5" x 8"
Possibly unrealized.
Sketch for "Monument of Musical Composers"
Ink on paper
5" x 8"
Possibly unrealized.
5" x 8"
Possibly unrealized.
Sketch for "Monument of Musical Composers"
Graphite and ink on paper
5" x 8"
Possibly unrealized.
5" x 8"
Possibly unrealized.
Sketch for "Seal of Wayne County, Michigan"
Graphite and ink on tracing paper
4.75" x 11.5"
The event depicted on the seal is the signing of the peace treaty between Chief Pontiac (Ottawa) and Brig. General Anthony Wayne in 1796. Between the men stands a flag with stars in the middle. The…
4.75" x 11.5"
The event depicted on the seal is the signing of the peace treaty between Chief Pontiac (Ottawa) and Brig. General Anthony Wayne in 1796. Between the men stands a flag with stars in the middle. The…
Sketch for "Sun Worshipper"
Ink on paper
4.25" x 4.5"
"The mysterious Sun Worshipper, originally designed in 1937, was enlarged and cast to Full-Scale in 1994. Fredericks treated this enigmatic, contemporary figure a classical manner but the result has a spiritual,…
4.25" x 4.5"
"The mysterious Sun Worshipper, originally designed in 1937, was enlarged and cast to Full-Scale in 1994. Fredericks treated this enigmatic, contemporary figure a classical manner but the result has a spiritual,…
Sketch for "The Expanding Universe"
Pencil and ink on tracing paper
13.5" x 11"
This fountain celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and]…
13.5" x 11"
This fountain celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and]…