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The upper portion of the plaster mold for "Lord Byron" (The Poet)
According to MaryAnn Wilkinson, former curator of modern and contemporary art at The Detroit Institute of Arts, “His last monumental work, Lord Byron, designed in 1938, enlarged by the artist, and cast posthumously in 1998 for the Marshall…
The upper portion of the plasteline model for "Acrobat" clown tied to the top of a station wagon
The plasteline model for "Acrobat" clown – one of the “Clowns†atop a station wagon outside Marshall Fredericks' Royal Oak, Michigan studio.
The unveiling of the descriptive plaque for "The Spirit of Detroit" at the City-County Building
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 front of a white marble wall at the entrance…
The unveiling of "Leaping Gazelle" at Saginaw Valley State University
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,…
The underside of "Leaping Gazelle"
In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…
The Ugly Duckling from "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain) at Danish Village
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This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular story, The Ugly Duckling. Unlike Fredericks' portrayals of other literary subjects, this sculpture illustrates not one moment in the story, but two.…
The two halves of the plaster model for "Juggler" clown's torso
The plaster mold for "Juggler†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.
The truck transporting "The Spirit of Detroit" arrives at the City-County Building
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 front of a white marble wall at the entrance…
The Tower of the Four Winds front plate
"Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit" was originally created to support the Tower of the Four Winds, Black Elk Neihardt Park, Blair, Nebraska. The Peace Pipe points from the Heart of Man to the Heart of God. Black Elk prays through tears, "Oh, make…
The Thinker [Bronze]
The Thinker is a bronze sculpture of a seated chimpanzee with arms folded and legs crossed. His head rests on his proper right hand and is tilted back slightly giving the appearance of being in deep thought.
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The Thinker, 1938 Bronze,…
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The Thinker, 1938 Bronze,…