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Presentation drawing for "Birth of the Atomic Age". The completed sculpture stands at the National Exchange Club in Toledo, Ohio.

Presentation drawing for "Birth of the Atomic Age". The completed sculpture stands at the National Exchange Club in Toledo, Ohio.

Ink on steno pad paper
6" x 12.5"

Aluminum sculpture set in a marble and granite fountain at the National Exchange Club in Toledo, Ohio.

Plaster small-scale nude male figure standing on a fluted base. He is missing the metal atom-like object that he holds above his head. His pose is elongated as if reaching upward.

Originally installed in 1959, is conserved and rededicated at…

Graphite on steno pad paper
6" x 9"

Aluminum sculpture set in a marble and granite fountain at the National Exchange Club in Toledo, Ohio.

Graphite on tracing paper
15" x 18.5"

Aluminum sculpture set in a marble and granite fountain at the National Exchange Club in Toledo, Ohio.

Birth of the Atomic Age, 1959
Miniature
Silver

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.037

Silver plated miniature of Birth of the Atomic Age. nude male figure standing on a fluted base. He holds a stainless steel object in his…

Birth of the Atomic Age, 1959
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.055

The atom is the symbol of one of mankind's most dramatic achievements. It symbolizes the awesome challenge of the Atomic Age. In this…

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,…

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,…