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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…
Sun Worshipper [Bronze]
Sun Worshipper, 1937
Bronze, cast 1940
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.039
Fredericks treated this enigmatic, contemporary figure in a classical manner, but the result has a spiritual, ritualistic quality. Her upturned face…
Bronze, cast 1940
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.039
Fredericks treated this enigmatic, contemporary figure in a classical manner, but the result has a spiritual, ritualistic quality. Her upturned face…
American Eagle, Victory Eagle [Bronze]
Victory Eagle (American Eagle), 1972
Bronze, cast 1988
Gift of Frank N. and Lucille Anderson
1991.036
Cast in 1972, The American Eagle, also known as the Victory Eagle, is installed on the Federal Reserve Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is…
Bronze, cast 1988
Gift of Frank N. and Lucille Anderson
1991.036
Cast in 1972, The American Eagle, also known as the Victory Eagle, is installed on the Federal Reserve Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is…
Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling [Bronze]
Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling:
Hans Christian Andersen Fountain
(The Swan and the Ugly Duckling), 1962
Bronze, cast c. 1987
In Grateful Memory of Arnold Butterworth
1991.032
This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans…
Hans Christian Andersen Fountain
(The Swan and the Ugly Duckling), 1962
Bronze, cast c. 1987
In Grateful Memory of Arnold Butterworth
1991.032
This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans…
Ann Arbor Eagle [Plaster]
American Eagle
(Ann Arbor War Memorial Eagle), 1950
Quarter scale model for University of Michigan memorial
Bronze, cast 1988
Gift of Walter E. Walpole Family
1991.022
The University of Michigan commissioned Fredericks to create a memorial…
(Ann Arbor War Memorial Eagle), 1950
Quarter scale model for University of Michigan memorial
Bronze, cast 1988
Gift of Walter E. Walpole Family
1991.022
The University of Michigan commissioned Fredericks to create a memorial…
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,…
The President of Finland Dr. Urho K. Kekkonen receives "The Spirit of Detroit"
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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 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…
Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young presents Mayor Nishiyama of Toyota City, Japan with a small-scale bronze of "The Spirit of Detroit"
Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young presents Mayor Nishiyama of Toyota City, Japan, with a model of "The Spirit of Detroit," which is intended for permanent display in Detroit's sister city.
Close-up of "Ugly Duckling" from "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" at a private residence
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.…
An unidentified group of people pose in front of "Freedom of the Human Spirit" in Shain Park
The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of…