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Sketches for 1939 National Products Competition
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…
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…
Study of "Harlequins" for Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Graphite on tracing paper
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
Sketch for "Harlequins" for Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Graphite on tracing paper
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
Study for "Harlequins" for Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Graphite drawing
10.5" x 13.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the building's…
10.5" x 13.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the building's…
Sketch of "Harlequins" for Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium
Graphite on tracing paper
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
8.75" x 11.75"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
Sketch for "St. Christopher"
Graphite on paper
5.5" x 8.5"
Sketch of St. Christopher. Possibly unrealized.
5.5" x 8.5"
Sketch of St. Christopher. Possibly unrealized.
Sketch for "Pious Monk (Saint of the Church)" for "Saints and Sinners"
Graphite on tracing paper
11" x 14"
Fredericks created the thirty-inch tall The Saints and Sinners in 1939 while at Cranbrook.
These seven figures are in the style of jamb statues found in the portals of Gothic cathedrals. Attached to columns,…
11" x 14"
Fredericks created the thirty-inch tall The Saints and Sinners in 1939 while at Cranbrook.
These seven figures are in the style of jamb statues found in the portals of Gothic cathedrals. Attached to columns,…
Sketch for 1953 Chrysler Imperial hood ornament
Graphite on tracing paper
13.75" x 11"
During the 1950s, Fredericks worked with automobile companies, designing hood ornaments for Chrysler Motors, General Motors Corporation, and Studebaker-Packard Corporation.
13.75" x 11"
During the 1950s, Fredericks worked with automobile companies, designing hood ornaments for Chrysler Motors, General Motors Corporation, and Studebaker-Packard Corporation.
Study for "Indian and Wild Swans"
Graphite on tracing paper
8.75" x 11.75"
This sculptural group of an Indian and four swans is located on the façade of the Milwaukee Public Museum. Fredericks said of the design that the swans, “complement the simple surface (of the wall) with…
8.75" x 11.75"
This sculptural group of an Indian and four swans is located on the façade of the Milwaukee Public Museum. Fredericks said of the design that the swans, “complement the simple surface (of the wall) with…
Sketch for "Horseless Carriage (Model S. Ford, Children and Animals - Sunday Afternoon)"
Graphite on paper
5.5" x 8.5"
Fredericks received this commission as a result of an honorable mention in a section of Fine Arts Competition at the World’s Fair in New York in 1939. He carved the original limestone relief that was placed in the…
5.5" x 8.5"
Fredericks received this commission as a result of an honorable mention in a section of Fine Arts Competition at the World’s Fair in New York in 1939. He carved the original limestone relief that was placed in the…