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Pencil on board
27.5" x 18"

This sculpture illustrates the well known Aesop Fable of “The Lion and the Mouse.” Fredericks’ rendition depicts the end of the story in which the tiny mouse returns the king of the jungle’s kindness by saving…

The Lion and Mouse, 1957
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.002

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…

Mouse
1957
Bronze

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.114

Fredericks has said that this sculpture illustrates the story of "The Lion and the Mouse." In that story a lion caught a mouse, but as he was about to eat him the mouse pleaded for mercy, promising to help the lion one day. The lion was so amused…

Posthumously cast of the Mouse from Lion and Mouse with foundry and edition marks and A.P. stamped/ inscribed in wax; also, interior edition mark stamped in wax. Mouse is mounted on a black marble base.

Lion and Monkey mold. Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. Two sections. Written on the mold is "Lion and Monkey, Marshall Fredericks" Mold is bound with a plastic zip tie.

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. Red wax residue is on the molds surface.

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. Written on mold is "mouse lion & mouse old 11/92". A wide rubber strap holds the mold together.

Written on mold is "Mouse w/o base stall B 11/92" Mold is bound with a metal wire.

Mold for 1/4 scale Lion and Mouse. Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. In 1957 the Lion and Mouse was carved for the Eastland Shopping Center in Harper Woods, Michigan, another early shopping center designed by Victor Gruen.…