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Side view of the plaster model for "Two Bears" with cracks
In this sculpture, a large brown and small black bear sit back to back in quiet thought. Although in nature these two animals are enemies, Fredericks portrays the two in a gentle humanistic way, stressing tolerance.
Notice the differences in the…
Notice the differences in the…
Side view of the plaster model for "Two Bears"
In this sculpture, a large brown and small black bear sit back to back in quiet thought. Although in nature these two animals are enemies, Fredericks portrays the two in a gentle humanistic way, stressing tolerance.
Notice the differences in the…
Notice the differences in the…
Side view of the plaster model for "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…
Side view of the plaster model for "Sun Worshipper"
Enlarged from 1937 small-scale model. The full-scale bronze casting is in a private collection.
Side view of the plaster model for "Siberian Ram"
Fredericks first completed Siberian Ram in 1941, but a 24-inch tall sculpture installed in 1966 at the rose garden of the Henry Ford estate in Dearborn, Michigan is the first documented bronze cast.
Fredericks carved a Siberian Ram in limestone…
Fredericks carved a Siberian Ram in limestone…
Side view of the plaster model for "Flying Pterodactyls"
Plaster model for "Flying Pterodactyls" - head to tail: 92 inches; wingspan: 137 inches. Located at the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Side view of the plaster model for "Day" from "Night and Day Fountain"
The Henry J. McMorran Auditorium in Port Huron, Michigan commissioned the Night and Day Fountain as well as a gold anodized aluminum Sculptured Clock for the building. Completed two years before the fountain’s installation, Fredericks conceived…
Side view of the plaster head and torso for full-scale model 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…
Side view of the plasteline model of the shoulders and head 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…
Side view of the plasteline model of the male 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…