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Pencil on yellow drawing paper
5.5" x 5.75"

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…

Graphite on paper
17" 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…

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…

Plaster relief. On the back is written "12/6/79, 12/15/79 steers".
Relief of four large steer going back in space with a small young steer at the bottom left.

Graphite on tracing paper
7.25" x 3"

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…

Pale green painted plaster of Steers. On the back is written "cattle" as well as some numbers being summed. There are 2 hooks on the back, embedded in the plaster, for mounting.
Relief of four large steer going back in space with a small young…

Relief of four large steer going back in space with a small young steer at the bottom left.
4 steers painted dark green. Back of plaque had some writing on it. Appears to be "To Rosalind my (unreadable) Marshall Fredericks June 29, 1946".

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. Written on mold is "steers".

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Steers, 1939
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.073

Marshall designed the series for a national competition in 1939 in hopes that they would be placed on a government building in Washington DC, but the…

Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.
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