Eaton War Memorial Eagle, Relief, [Bronze]
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Title
Eaton War Memorial Eagle, Relief, [Bronze]
Subject
Animal sculpture--20th century
Description
Bronze relief of Eaton Eagle, small-scale with copper colored patina with the inscription "In honor of the men of this organization who gave their lives for their country"
"Free-form reliefs in metal upon a contrasting stone background, as seen in the Louisville doorway, where a favorite device of Fredericks's to enrich the flat planes and austere surfaces of twentieth-century architecture. He used it in a variety of places to express a variety of themes.
The War Memorial (1948) for the Eaton Manufacturing Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio, is an instance of its use in an interior space, where the sculpture and the list of names are to be seen at close range and the scale is necessarily small. In other instances it is used on a very large scale. Fredericks, Suzanne P. "Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor", Saginaw Valley State University, 2003. p. 5
"Free-form reliefs in metal upon a contrasting stone background, as seen in the Louisville doorway, where a favorite device of Fredericks's to enrich the flat planes and austere surfaces of twentieth-century architecture. He used it in a variety of places to express a variety of themes.
The War Memorial (1948) for the Eaton Manufacturing Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio, is an instance of its use in an interior space, where the sculpture and the list of names are to be seen at close range and the scale is necessarily small. In other instances it is used on a very large scale. Fredericks, Suzanne P. "Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor", Saginaw Valley State University, 2003. p. 5
Creator
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Date
1948
Rights
Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Type
Sculpture
Relief Sculpture
Relief Sculpture
Coverage
University Center (Mich.)
Sculpture Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
25" x 27" x 5"
Materials
Bronze
Catalog Number
2000.038
Object Location
Sculptors Studio
Provenance
1948 Eaton Manufacturing Corporation Cleveland, Ohio
09/25/2000 gifted to MFSM
March/April 2003 relocated to Sculptor's Studio
09/25/2000 gifted to MFSM
March/April 2003 relocated to Sculptor's Studio
Files
Citation
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998, “Eaton War Memorial Eagle, Relief, [Bronze],” Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, accessed April 25, 2024, https://omeka.svsu.edu/items/show/5568.