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CHRIST AND THE CHILDREN, 1962
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.110

This relief was commissioned for the St. John's Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In a letter from Mr. Harold Gerbers to Marshall…

Plaster bird with wings spread outward as if in flight. Beak is open as if to suggest singing. There is a metal rod under the bird's breast to attach it to the rest of the sculpture.

Two children stand before a robed Christ who kneels and looks proper right. Christ holds his hands up, palms out, behind the children. The girl show is robed and holds a bird. The boy (who is nude) leans on Christ's proper left knee. Facial features…

Christ on the Cross, 1959
Plaster Original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks

Fredericks was commissioned to sculpt a 6 foot tall crucifix, but instead designed this twenty-eight foot, full-scale model, for a bronze to be placed at…

1/4 scale model for the Christ on the Cross.

Christ on the Cross 1/4 scale presentation model.

"At Indian River in northern Michigan, there is a beautiful but very small chapel, designed by the architect Alden Dow. In 1952 the priest at the chapel asked Fredericks to design an outdoor…

Bronze corpus of Christ on wood cross. This is a 1/4 scale model for the Cross in the Woods. The patina is brown. From Grace Church in Grosse Pointe.

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core for Christ on the Cross. Written on mold is "Christ Arm" and the mold is held together with metal wire. There is a bit of red wax residue on the mold's surface.

Plaster model of Christ. This is about 1/8th scale. Arms are not attached. The yellowish discoloring is from shellac used to seal the plaster.

Plaster model of Christ painted brown. This is about 1/8th scale.