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View of bronze "Persephone" (Bacchante) in the Sculpture Garden of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
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Mrs. Dorothy (Honey) Arbury studied with Fredericks when she attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1930s. She met him through her uncle, Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect in Midland,…
View of bronze "Rabbit" in the courtyard of a private residence
Bronze "Rabbit" at a private residence, 1989.
View of bronze "Saints and Sinners Fountain"
In 1976, Fredericks enlarged these figures for the Midland Center for the Arts from the thirty-inch tall bronze version that he created while at Cranbrook in 1939.
These seven figures are in the style of jamb statues found in the portals of…
These seven figures are in the style of jamb statues found in the portals of…
View of bronze "Spirit of Kentucky"
Collectively titled the Spirit of Kentucky, Barry Bingham, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal commissioned Fredericks to design reliefs for their new building.
After Fredericks received the commission he reportedly traveled through…
After Fredericks received the commission he reportedly traveled through…
View of bronze "Star Dream Fountain" in Barbara Hallman Plaza - 1997
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
View of bronze "The Spirit of Detroit" at the City-County Building on Woodward
The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…
View of bronze "The Thinker," "Baboon and Sleeping Child" and "Baboon and Sitting Friend" and plaster models for "Henry Ford" and "Aspiration" in the Royal Oak studio
Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.
View of bronze "The Thinker," "Baboon and Sleeping Child" and "Baboon and Sitting Friend" in the Royal Oak studio
Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.
View of bronze "Torso of a Dancer"
After modeling the Torso of a Dancer in about 1934, Fredericks carved it in Belgian black marble for the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He subsequently used the original plaster model to create several bronze casts.…
View of bronze "Wings of the Morning" (Edgar B. Flint Memorial) in the distance in the Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church Columbarium
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The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…