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Bill and Karen Zehnder with Wings of the Morning at Brookgreen Gardens.tif
The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…

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Bird, armature, 1970
Metal and wood

These armatures and maquettes illustrate the common working practices of traditional figurative sculptors like Fredericks. He fashioned the armatures from flexible wire and sheet metal to support the clay he…

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Bird armature made from wire and plaster mounted on a cube shaped white wood base.

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Swan or bird armature on wood base. Armature is metal and wire and painted white.

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Bird armature made from wire and sheet metal mounted on a cube shaped white wood base.

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Bird armature made from wire and plaster mounted on an octogonal white wood base.

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Bird armature made from wire and sheet metal mounted on a cube shaped white wood base.

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Bird armature made from wire and sheet metal mounted on a triangular white wood base.

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Bird armature made from wire and plaster mounted on an octogonal shaped white wood base.

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Bird armature made from wire and plaster mounted on a cube shaped white wood base.
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