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Six foot aluminum relief "Christ and the Children" commissioned for St. John's Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Six foot aluminum relief "Christ and the Children" commissioned for St. John's Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Pencil, gouache and pastel on board.

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

Furniture for the great apes in the Holden Amphitheater and Great Ape House at the Detroit Zoological Institute.

Fredericks studied the orangutans, gibbons and chimpanzees at the zoo for months to determine their needs, selecting fiberglass and…

This fountain celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and mystery of the…

Indian River Catholic Shrine in Indian River, Michigan.

Indian River Catholic Shrine in Indian River, Michigan.

In this sculpture, a large brown and small black bear sit back to back in quiet thought. Although in nature these two animals are enemies, Fredericks portrays the two in a gentle humanistic way, stressing tolerance.

Notice the differences in the…

Stone carvers using plaster model as a guide for carving out the rough form of the bear for "The Boy and Bear" from limestone for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan. Designed by Victor Gruen, Northland is one of the world's first…

Stone carvers carving out the rough form of the bear for "The Boy and Bear" from limestone for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan. Designed by Victor Gruen, Northland is one of the world's first shopping centers.

Limestone and gilt…
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