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.
Fredericks sculpted The Lion and Monkey in 1957. He soon changed the sculpture to The Lion and Mouse, thinking it would be easier for children to sit or slide on the lion’s knee.
Plaster molds for "Baboon Playing a Mandolin" in Marshall Fredericks' Bloomfield Hills (Greenhouse), Michigan studio. A bronze casting of this work is in the children's garden, Community House, Birmingham, Michigan.
Fredericks sculpted The Lion and Monkey in 1957. He soon changed the sculpture to The Lion and Mouse, thinking it would be easier for children to sit or slide on the lion’s knee.
Full-scale plasteline model of "Baboon Playing a Mandolinâ€. A bronze casting of this work is in the children's garden, Community House, Birmingham, Michigan.
Full-scale plasteline model of "Baboon Playing a Mandolinâ€. A bronze casting of this work is in the children's garden, Community House, Birmingham, Michigan.
Full-scale plasteline model of "Baboon Playing a Mandolinâ€. A bronze casting of this work is in the children's garden, Community House, Birmingham, Michigan.
Full-scale plasteline model of "Baboon Playing a Mandolinâ€. A bronze casting of this work is in the children's garden, Community House, Birmingham, Michigan.
Full-scale plasteline model of "Baboon Playing a Mandolinâ€. A bronze casting of this work is in the children's garden, Community House, Birmingham, Michigan.