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Sepia print
13.75" x 16.75"

Sepia print of study for Detroit Public Library proposal. Possibly unrealized.

Sepia print
13.75" x 16.75"

Sepia print of study for Detroit Public Library proposal. Possibly unrealized.

Graphite and ink on tracing paper
11.75" x 9"

Sketch for Detroit Public Library proposal. Possibly unrealized.

Sepia print
22.75" x 17.25"

Sepia print of study for "Fabulous Fish Fountain". Unrealized.

Sepia print
22" x 18"

Atop a wooded hill overlooking a small pond in Detroit’s Elmwood Cemetery stands a memorial to the late attorney turned industrialist Alvan Macauley. Commissioned by his wife and son soon after his death in 1952, the…

Gouache, pastel and pencil on board
28" x 20"

During the 1950s, Fredericks worked with automobile companies, designing hood ornaments for Chrysler Motors, General Motors Corporation, and Studebaker-Packard Corporation.

Ink on notepad paper
5" x 8"

The idea to create a memorial honoring Henry Ford took root in 1948 when the Dearborn, Michigan Chamber of Commerce conducted a poll of Dearborn residents and learned that most of the populace favored such a proposal.…

Blueline print
20" x 14.75"

The Eaton Manufacturing Company in Cleveland, Ohio commissioned this memorial in honor of the employees who died in World War II. A marble wall inscribed with the names of those employees who gave their lives for their…

Pencil on yellow drawing paper
8.25" x 5.5"

The body language of "Eve" reveals her inner conflict as she gazes down at the bright, shiny apple. "Eve" stands in an unbalanced, almost awkward pose. Her head tilts in a quizzical manner. Her…

Pencil on yellow drawing paper
8.25" x 5.25"

Fredericks created the thirty-inch tall The Saints and Sinners in 1939 while at Cranbrook.

These seven figures are in the style of jamb statues found in the portals of Gothic cathedrals. Attached to…