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Swan and Ugly Duckling, Armature for Swan, [Metal and Plaster]
Swan armature for Swan and Ugly Duckling. Made from wire, heavy paper and has clay residue on the armature.
Swan and Ugly Duckling, Full-Scale, Bird, [Plaster]
Plaster bird for Swan and Ugly Duckling. The birds wings are posed as if in flight and its beak open slightly as if in song. Has Roman joint to connect to sculpture.
Swan and Ugly Duckling, Armature for Ugly Duckling, [Wire and Wood]
Ugly Duckling, armature, 1960
Metal and wood
These armatures and maquettes illustrate the common working practices of traditional figurative sculptors like Fredericks. He fashioned the armatures from flexible wire and sheet metal to support the…
Metal and wood
These armatures and maquettes illustrate the common working practices of traditional figurative sculptors like Fredericks. He fashioned the armatures from flexible wire and sheet metal to support the…
Swan and Ugly Duckling, Ugly Duckling, Miniature, [Silver]
Ugly Duckling, 1985
Miniature
Silver
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.036
Miniature
Silver
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.036
Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling [Bronze]
Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling:
Hans Christian Andersen Fountain
(The Swan and the Ugly Duckling), 1962
Bronze, cast c. 1987
In Grateful Memory of Arnold Butterworth
1991.032
This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans…
Hans Christian Andersen Fountain
(The Swan and the Ugly Duckling), 1962
Bronze, cast c. 1987
In Grateful Memory of Arnold Butterworth
1991.032
This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans…
Close-up of "Ugly Duckling" from "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" at a private residence
This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular story, The Ugly Duckling. Unlike Fredericks' portrayals of other literary subjects, this sculpture illustrates not one moment in the story, but two.…
The plaster model for "The Friendly Frog" with eyes covered and bronze "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" 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,…
Bronze "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" and the full-scale plaster model of "The Friendly Frog" during the installation of 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,…
Armatures and maquettes for sculptures on display 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,…
A display of armatures and maquettes 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,…