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Unidentified sketches
Graphite on perforated steno pad paper
6" x 9"
Unidentified sketches, possibly for "Persephone (Bacchante)" and Sun Dial Airport Beacon.
6" x 9"
Unidentified sketches, possibly for "Persephone (Bacchante)" and Sun Dial Airport Beacon.
Sketch for "Celestial Fountain"
Pencil and ink on tracing paper
11.75" x 18.5"
Fredericks submitted sketch models for "Celestial
Fountain" as a proposal for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Although not selected for inclusion at the Fair, another Fredericks’ sculpture,…
11.75" x 18.5"
Fredericks submitted sketch models for "Celestial
Fountain" as a proposal for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Although not selected for inclusion at the Fair, another Fredericks’ sculpture,…
Bacchante (Persephone) [Bronze]
Full-scale bronze of Persephone with green patina. Sculpture sits in the sculpture garden. Depicts a nude woman on her proper left knee with her hands raised at head level. She has long braids.
In Greek mythology, Persephone was the goddess of…
In Greek mythology, Persephone was the goddess of…
Persephone, Bacchante [Bronze]
Persephone (Bacchante), 1932
Bronze, cast c. 1940
Gift of Rogers I. and Mary L. Marquis
1991.040
A bacchante is a female follower of Bacchus, the goddess of spring in Roman mythology. Bacchante are known for their gaiety, mad songs, and…
Bronze, cast c. 1940
Gift of Rogers I. and Mary L. Marquis
1991.040
A bacchante is a female follower of Bacchus, the goddess of spring in Roman mythology. Bacchante are known for their gaiety, mad songs, and…
Persephone, Bacchante [Plaster]
Persephone (Bacchante), 1972
Plaster original
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.034
In Greek mythology, Persephone was the goddess of spring. She was abducted by Hades (known to the Romans as Pluto) and taken to the Underworld…
Plaster original
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.034
In Greek mythology, Persephone was the goddess of spring. She was abducted by Hades (known to the Romans as Pluto) and taken to the Underworld…
"Persephone," "Achievement" and "Saints and Sinners" 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.
Front view of "Persephone" (Bacchante) in the Sculpture Garden of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
-in-the-sculpture-garden-of-the-marshall-m-fredericks-sculpture-museum_610b95da03.jpg "Front view of Persephone (Bacchante) in the Sculpture Garden of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum.tif")
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,…
"Persephone" (Bacchante) and "Siberian Ram" in the Sculpture Garden of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum in the rain
-and-siberian-ram-in-the-sculpture-garden-of-the-marshall-m-fredericks-sculpture-museum-in-the-rain_77736b6a14.jpg "Persephone (Bacchante) and Siberian Ram in the Sculpture Garden of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum in the rain.tif")
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,…
"Persephone" (Bacchante) in the Sculpture Garden of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum in the rain
-in-the-sculpture-garden-of-the-marshall-m-fredericks-sculpture-museum-in-the-rain_10df0b77d2.jpg "Persephone (Bacchante) in the Sculpture Garden of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum in the rain.tif")
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,…
"Persephone" (Bacchante) in the snowy Sculpture Garden of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
-in-the-snowy-sculpture-garden-of-the-marshall-m-fredericks-sculpture-museum2_e09597e81a.jpg "Persephone (Bacchante) in the snowy Sculpture Garden of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum2.tif")
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,…