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Side view of angel armature with plasteline on legs for "God on the Rainbow" (Gud Fader På Himmelsbågan)
Based on a 1946 sketch by Carl Milles for a peace monument intended for the United Nations Building in New York, Fredericks’ enlargement now stands at the entrance to Stockholm Harbor, a project spearheaded by Cilla Jahn, in collaboration with…
Side view of aluminum "Youth in the Hands of God" during its installation at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
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…
Side view of a small-scale bronze "Leaping Gazelle"
In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…
Side view of a segment of the tail from "Flying Pterodactyls"
Bronze on granite, 16 feet including base. Located at the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Side view of a portion of the armature for "Clowns"
Armature for one of the “Clowns†- includes: "Acrobat", "Circus Clown", "Juggler" and "Lovesick Clown (Pagliacci)".
Side view of "Youth in the Hands of God" from below 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…
Side view of "Youth in the Hands of God" following its installation at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
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…
Side view of "Youth in the Hands of God" during its installation at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
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…
Side view of "Wings of the Morning" in the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Sculpture Garden
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,…
Side view of "Wings of the Morning" at the foundry
The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…