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Side view of the plasteline model for "Sun Worshipper" in the greenhouse studio
Enlarged from 1937 small-scale model. The full-scale bronze casting is in a private collection.
Side view of the plasteline model for "Sun Worshipper" with shims
Enlarged from 1937 small-scale model. The full-scale bronze casting is in a private collection.
Side view of the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon"
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
Side view of the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" covered in plaster
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
Side view of the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" entirely covered in plaster
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
Side view of the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" entirely covered in plaster to form molds
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
Side view of the plasteline model for "The Lion and Mouse"
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 him from a hunter’s…
Side view of the plasteline model for "The Princess and the Unicorn"
1965, small-scale plasteline study for large fountain, 26 1/2 inches, never enlarged to full-scale.
Side view of the plasteline model for the "John F. Kennedy Memorial"
The John F. Kennedy Macomb Memorial Committee commissioned Fredericks to design this sculpture for the County Building in Mount Clemens, Michigan.
Placed near the site where Kennedy delivered one of his first campaign speeches while running for…
Placed near the site where Kennedy delivered one of his first campaign speeches while running for…
Side view of the plasteline model for the male figure for "Freedom of the Human Spirit"
The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of…