Browse Items (27 total)

Ink on envelope
4.25" x 9.5"

Sketch of metal and glass clown for unidentified project, possibly unrealized.

Graphite on paper
5" x 8"

Graphite on card stock
3.25" x 5.5"

Sketch of hawk, possibly for "Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain" on Belle Isle.

Pencil on yellow drawing paper
5.5" x 3.5"

Fredericks designed this series for a national products competition in 1939 in hopes that they would be placed on a government building in Washington DC, but the building was never built. The series…

Graphite on paper
5" x 8"

Graphite and ink on steno pad paper
6" x 9"

Sketches for "The Friendly Frog" and "The Friendly Dragon".

Also includes sketches of whales and playground equipment.

Graphite and ink on paper
5" x 8"

The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front…

Graphite on paper
5" x 8"

The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a…

Graphite and ink on typing paper
8.5" x 11"

The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the…

Ink on tracing paper
8.75" x 5.25"

1949, German silver, 30 x 16 1/2 inches, part of War Memorial at Ottawa Hills School, Grand Rapids, Michigan.