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Mold for Spirit of Kentucky. Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. Has "Spirit of Kentucky Raccoon and Fish" written on mold.

HUCKLEBERRY FINN AND TOM SAWYER OBSERVING THE RIVER BOATS AND GIANT CATFISH,
quarter-scale model, 1948
Plaster original painted green

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.094

This segment was not used in the completed…

PIONEER FAMILY AND ANIMALS OF THE REGION
quarter-scale model, 1948
Plaster original painted green

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.093

This segment was not used in the completed sculpture for the Louisville…

RIVER BOATS AND GIANT CATFISH,
full-size model, 1948
Plaster original painted green

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.092

RACCOONS, full-size model, 1948
Plaster original painted green

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.091

Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.

Collectively titled the Spirit of Kentucky, Barry Bingham, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal commissioned Fredericks to design reliefs for their new building.

After Fredericks received the commission he reportedly traveled through Kentucky…

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,…

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,…

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,…
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