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Front view of the torso armature for the female figure for "Star Dream Fountain" with plaster model in the background
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…
Front/side view from below of "Youth in the Hands of the 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…
Front/side view of "Floyd Starr" at the foundry
1990, bronze, 31 inches. Sculpture is located at Starr Commonwealth in Albion, Michigan.
Front/side view of "Flying Gulls Fountain"
This delicately balanced sculpture is evidence of Fredericks' expertise in design and structural engineering. The openness and verticality of the composition are very dramatic.
The large gulls appear weightless, held in place only by a wing tip,…
The large gulls appear weightless, held in place only by a wing tip,…
Front/side view of "Flying Wild Geese" (Alvan Macauley Memorial)
Atop a wooded hill overlooking a small pond in Detroit’s Elmwood Cemetery stands a memorial to the late attorney turned industrialist Alvan Macauley. Commissioned by his wife and son soon after his death in 1952, the sculpture reflects Macauley’s…
Front/side view of "Freedom of the Human Spirit" in Shain Park
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…
Front/side view of "Leaping Gazelle" at "Milles as Mentor" exhibit at the Cranbrook Art Museum
The "Milles as Mentor" exhibit at the Cranbrook Art Museum featured two pieces from Marshall Fredericks, "Leaping Gazelle" and the figures from "Night and Day Fountain". The exhibit ran from May 21-December 2, 1990.