Lute Player, [Bronze]
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Title
Lute Player, [Bronze]
Subject
Figure sculpture, American--20th century
Description
Bronze Lute Player. Nude female figure strums lute with proper left hand, she stands on a black marble base.
Creator
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Date
1929
Rights
Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Type
Sculpture
Coverage
University Center (Mich.)
Sculpture Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
11.75" h
Materials
Bronze
Catalog Number
1995.001
Object Location
Archives
Provenance
06/25/1995 gifted to MFSM
Notes
From Michael Panhorst (Director)
Memo dated July 25, 1995
On the evening of the July 25, immediately following the performance of Catherine McMichael and Tamara Grefe (the collaborative fund-raiser for the gallery and Choral Society), Marshall Fredericks donated to the gallery a recently signed thirteen inch tall bronze cast of his lute Player in honor of Catherine and Tammy and their performance.
He indicated to me on the phone the following day that is was a spontaneous decision to make the donation.
He indicated at that time that this was one of his oldest pieces. He said it was not an old cast, but that he had made the sculpture while a student at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1928 or 1929. He said that at the time he was very poor and was living in a rooming house. He made the sculpture in hope of entering into a competition for the traveling fellowship offered by the Cleveland Institute. The traveling fellowship competition required a 1/3 life size figure. He said he was not able to enlarge the Lute Player to that scale due to his tight financial situation. He did later win a traveling fellowship, but that fellowship was awarded on the basis of his total portfolio while at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
He indicated we should hold the Lute Player for now in my office. He and I will both think of a place for it in the gallery. He indicated that he may have other stuff to add to it in the near future.
I know from previous conversations with Fredericks that the curly cue which follows his signature on the base of the Lute is an European insignia for copyright."
Memo dated July 25, 1995
On the evening of the July 25, immediately following the performance of Catherine McMichael and Tamara Grefe (the collaborative fund-raiser for the gallery and Choral Society), Marshall Fredericks donated to the gallery a recently signed thirteen inch tall bronze cast of his lute Player in honor of Catherine and Tammy and their performance.
He indicated to me on the phone the following day that is was a spontaneous decision to make the donation.
He indicated at that time that this was one of his oldest pieces. He said it was not an old cast, but that he had made the sculpture while a student at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1928 or 1929. He said that at the time he was very poor and was living in a rooming house. He made the sculpture in hope of entering into a competition for the traveling fellowship offered by the Cleveland Institute. The traveling fellowship competition required a 1/3 life size figure. He said he was not able to enlarge the Lute Player to that scale due to his tight financial situation. He did later win a traveling fellowship, but that fellowship was awarded on the basis of his total portfolio while at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
He indicated we should hold the Lute Player for now in my office. He and I will both think of a place for it in the gallery. He indicated that he may have other stuff to add to it in the near future.
I know from previous conversations with Fredericks that the curly cue which follows his signature on the base of the Lute is an European insignia for copyright."
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Citation
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998, “Lute Player, [Bronze],” Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, accessed April 26, 2024, https://omeka.svsu.edu/items/show/5265.