Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection

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Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection

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The Thinker [Bronze]
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.

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The Thinker, 1938 Bronze,…

The Lion and Mouse [Plaster]
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…

Two Bears [Plaster]
Two Bears, 1965
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.003

Two Bears was originally created for Lincoln Square, Urbana, Illinois. A large and small bear sit back to back in quiet contemplation. In nature, these…

The Spirit of Detroit [Plaster]
The Spirit of Detroit, 1958
Quarter scale model
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.004

Working from this model, Fredericks made the full-scale model for the sixteen-foot tall figure at the entrance to the…

Two Sisters (Mother and Child) [Plaster]
Two Sisters (Mother and Child), 1942
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.005

This is the full-scale model for the figures in the Two Sisters Fountain, located in a courtyard of Kingswood School, Cranbrook …

The Boy and Bear [Plaster]
The Boy and Bear, 1954
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.006

Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned by the J.L. Hudson Company to design sculpture for Northland Center in Southfield, Michigan. At the…

Wings of the Morning [Plaster]
Wings of the Morning, 1969
1987 Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.007

With the Leaping Gazelle of 1936, this sculpture brackets a half-century of creativity. The hand, symbolic of God, gives support or…

The Expanding Universe [Plaster]
The Expanding Universe, 1964
(Man and the Expanding Universe)
Quarter scale model
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.008

This is the quarter-scale model for The Expanding Universe (Man and the Expanding…

Eastern Civilization [Plaster]
Eastern Civilization, from
Fountain of Eternal Life: Peace Arising from the Flames of War, 1964
Plaster, 1987

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.009

This full-scale model of one auxiliary sculpture for the Fountain of Eternal…

Nordic Civilization [Plaster]
Nordic Civilization, from Fountain of Eternal Life:
Peace Arising from the Flames of War, 1964
Plaster, 1987

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.010

This full-scale model of one auxiliary sculpture of the Fountain of Eternal…
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