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Sketch for 1953 Chrysler Imperial hood ornament
Graphite on tracing paper
13.75" x 11"
During the 1950s, Fredericks worked with automobile companies, designing hood ornaments for Chrysler Motors, General Motors Corporation, and Studebaker-Packard Corporation.
13.75" x 11"
During the 1950s, Fredericks worked with automobile companies, designing hood ornaments for Chrysler Motors, General Motors Corporation, and Studebaker-Packard Corporation.
Sketch for "Pious Monk (Saint of the Church)" for "Saints and Sinners"
Graphite on tracing paper
11" x 14"
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 columns,…
11" x 14"
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 columns,…
Sketch for "St. Christopher"
Graphite on paper
5.5" x 8.5"
Sketch of St. Christopher. Possibly unrealized.
5.5" x 8.5"
Sketch of St. Christopher. Possibly unrealized.
Sketch of "Harlequins" for Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Graphite on tracing paper
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
Study for "Harlequins" for Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Graphite drawing
10.5" x 13.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the building's…
10.5" x 13.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the building's…
Sketch for "Harlequins" for Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Graphite on tracing paper
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
Study of "Harlequins" for Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Graphite on tracing paper
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
Sketches for 1939 National Products Competition
Graphite on paper
8.5" x 11.25"
Fredericks designed this series for a national products competition in 1939 in hopes that they would be placed on a government building in Washington DC, but the building was never built. The series consisted of 12…
8.5" x 11.25"
Fredericks designed this series for a national products competition in 1939 in hopes that they would be placed on a government building in Washington DC, but the building was never built. The series consisted of 12…
Sketch for "Hiawatha"
Graphite on paper
5.5" x 2.75"
Sketch for Administration Building (now the Literature, Science and Arts Building) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Thirty cast aluminum, seven limestone and two bronze reliefs decorate the…
5.5" x 2.75"
Sketch for Administration Building (now the Literature, Science and Arts Building) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Thirty cast aluminum, seven limestone and two bronze reliefs decorate the…
Sketch of crown
Graphite on tracing paper
14" x 11"
Sketch of crown for unidentified project. Possibly unrealized.
14" x 11"
Sketch of crown for unidentified project. Possibly unrealized.