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Alternate side view of the plaster model for "Sun Worshipper"
Enlarged from 1937 small-scale model. The full-scale bronze casting is in a private collection.
Alternate Side view of the small-scale plaster model for "Star Dream Fountain"
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…
Alternate side/rear view of "The Expanding Universe Fountain"
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…
Alternate sketch - Memorial Wall Sculpture - City-County Building, Detroit, Michigan
Graphite on tracing paper
18.75" x 24"
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…
18.75" x 24"
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…
Alternate sketch for Memorial Wall Sculpture - Detroit City-County Building
Graphite on tracing paper
18.75" x 23.5"
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…
18.75" x 23.5"
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…
Alternate view of plasteline model of sphere for base of the central figure for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
Plasteline model of the sphere for the base of the central figure for the “Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Lifeâ€.
Alternate view of plaster model for "Christ the Good Shepherd"
Installed on the front of the Central United Methodist Church in Waterford, Michigan, Fredericks cast this gold anodized sculpture in aluminum.
The idea for this sculpture began during the summer of 1961 during a conversation with the minister…
The idea for this sculpture began during the summer of 1961 during a conversation with the minister…
Alternate view of workers excavating the future site for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
Workers excavate the future site for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life".
Alternative front view of "Flying Pterodactyls" in studio
Bronze on granite, 16 feet including base. Located at the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Aluminum "Christ and the Children"
Six foot aluminum relief "Christ and the Children" commissioned for St. John's Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana.