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Sketch for "Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit"
Ink on tracing paper
11.75" x 8.75"
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 my…
11.75" x 8.75"
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 my…
Sketch for ""Birmingham War Memorial (Eagle and Nimbus) (Great Seal of the United States Relief)"
Graphite on tracing paper
11.75" x 9"
Originally located at Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan, the memorial was donated to the city by the Birmingham Rotary Club shortly after World War II. It currently resides at Veterans Memorial City…
11.75" x 9"
Originally located at Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan, the memorial was donated to the city by the Birmingham Rotary Club shortly after World War II. It currently resides at Veterans Memorial City…
Sketch for "Philip Smead Bird Memorial"
Graphite on tracing paper
9" x 11.75"
Sketch for plaque with text, angels and hands of God. Text reads "In loving memory of Philip Smead Bird D.D.L.L.D. The lighting in this sanctuary is perpetually dedicated 1953. The light of his memory shines…
9" x 11.75"
Sketch for plaque with text, angels and hands of God. Text reads "In loving memory of Philip Smead Bird D.D.L.L.D. The lighting in this sanctuary is perpetually dedicated 1953. The light of his memory shines…
Sketch for "Colt and Pigs"
Graphite on tracing paper
12.5" x 5.25"
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…
12.5" x 5.25"
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…
Study for "Sheep (The Guests Have Arrived)"
Graphite on tracing paper
10.25" x 10.25"
Cast in bronze in 1955, "Sheep (The Guests Have Arrived)" depicts a flock of seven foreshortened sheep staring straight ahead at the viewer. Two smaller sheep, possibly lambs, are included in the bottom…
10.25" x 10.25"
Cast in bronze in 1955, "Sheep (The Guests Have Arrived)" depicts a flock of seven foreshortened sheep staring straight ahead at the viewer. Two smaller sheep, possibly lambs, are included in the bottom…
Sketches for "Steers," "Colt and Pigs," and "Sheep (The Guests Have Arrived)
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…
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…
Sketch for "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
Pencil and ink on tracing paper
12" x 18.5"
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country.…
12" x 18.5"
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country.…
Sketch for "Leaping Gazelle"
Pencil on tracing paper
11.5" x 18"
In 1936, Fredericks won a National Award Competition to design a fountain for the Levi L. Barbour Memorial, located on Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Mounted 16 feet high on a granite…
11.5" x 18"
In 1936, Fredericks won a National Award Competition to design a fountain for the Levi L. Barbour Memorial, located on Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Mounted 16 feet high on a granite…
Sketch for "Celestial Fountain"
Pencil and ink on tracing paper
11.75" x 18.5"
Fredericks submitted sketch models for "Celestial
Fountain" as a proposal for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Although not selected for inclusion at the Fair, another Fredericks’ sculpture,…
11.75" x 18.5"
Fredericks submitted sketch models for "Celestial
Fountain" as a proposal for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Although not selected for inclusion at the Fair, another Fredericks’ sculpture,…
Study for "The Spirit of Detroit"
Graphite on tracing paper
16.5" x 13.75"
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…
16.5" x 13.75"
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…