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Close-up of a portion of the bronze "Flying Pterodactyls"
Bronze on granite, 16 feet including base. Located at the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Close-up of a portion of the plaster model of the female figure for "Star Dream Fountain"
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
Close-up of a worker installing "Leaping Gazelle" in the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Mrs. Dorothy (Honey) Arbury studied with Fredericks when she attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1930s. She met him through her uncle, Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect in Midland,…
Close-up of alternate rear/side view of "The Expanding Universe Fountain"
This fountain celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and mystery of the…
Close-up of aluminum "Motion in Nature"
Fredericks designed these reliefs for the Ohio Bureau of Employment and Ohio Department of Transportation in Columbus, Ohio.
The architect of the building, Frederick H. Hobbs, Jr. described the project in this manner:
“The Director of…
The architect of the building, Frederick H. Hobbs, Jr. described the project in this manner:
“The Director of…
Close-up of aluminum "Youth in the Hands of God" at the New Dallas Public Library
The façade of the New Dallas Public Library contained an 880-pound, 20 foot high aluminum sculpture by Marshall Fredericks entitled "Youth in the Hands of God." Symbolizing "the hands of God supporting youth reaching for learning through the medium…
Close-up of aluminum hands for "Youth in the Hands of God"
The façade of the New Dallas Public Library contained an 880-pound, 20 foot high aluminum sculpture by Marshall Fredericks entitled "Youth in the Hands of God." Symbolizing "the hands of God supporting youth reaching for learning through the medium…
Close-up of architectural site model for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
Wood and metal architectural site model of the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life". Smallest site model – 1†= 100’
Close-up of armature with wooden lathe at base for "Baboon Playing a Mandolin"
Armature for "Baboon Playing a Mandolinâ€. A bronze casting of this work is in the children's garden, Community House, Birmingham, Michigan.
Close-up of base for "Freedom of the Human Spirit" during its restoration
The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of…