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Colored pencil, graphite and ink on lined notebook paper
4" x 6"

Small notebook with sketches for various projects, including "Torso of a Dancer" and "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life".

Slide projector in brown case made by Kodak.

Furniture for the great apes in the Holden Amphitheater and Great Ape House at the Detroit Zoological Institute.

Fredericks studied the orangutans, gibbons and chimpanzees at the zoo for months to determine their needs, selecting fiberglass and…

Steel sledge hammer head.

Small sledge hammer with wood handle.

Graphite on heavy paper
12" x 9"

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. Located within…

Graphite and ink on paper
3.5" x 6"

Sketches of various unidentified medallions, including Cadillac and Pontiac, Women's Club Exhibition and St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild.

Possibly unrealized.

Graphite on paper
7.25" x 7"

Sketches for St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of Cranbrook tragedy and comedy masks. Possibly unrealized.

Possibly related to "Baboon of the Theatre Playing a Ham"

Graphite and ink on paper
4" x 6"

Sketches of iguana, possibly for "The Friendly Dragon". Sketches may be early concepts for the sculpture outside the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles at the Detroit Zoological Institute.

Graphite on tracing paper
11.75" x 9"

Sketches of horses and horseback rider.