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Bronze portrait bust of Victor Anderson mounted on light colored travertine base. The patina is dark brown.

Portrait of Dr. William Oliver Stevens, 1935
Bronze, cast 1935

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.015

Stevens was the first headmaster of Cranbrook School and a noted educator. A graduate of Colby College with a Ph.D. from Yale…

Portrait of a German Philosopher, 1931
Bronze, cast before 1961

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.014

Fredericks never identified by name the German philosopher he portrayed during his travel and study in Germany following the…

"Many will recall the "Portrait of A Japanese," a bronze by young Marshall Fredericks which took the first prize for sculpture in the May show at the Cleveland Museum of Art last Spring. The inspiration for the head came from a Japanese student…

Russell Barnett Aitken, 1929
Terra cotta, modeled 1929

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.012

Aitken was a student with Fredericks at the Cleveland School of Art. Fredericks was enrolled there 1928 1930. This is one of the…

Portrait of a Chinese Actress, 1933
Bronze, cast 1933

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.011

The identity of the "Chinese Actress" is unknown. Fredericks gave the sculpture this title. She is probably someone he met through his…

Henry Ford
1975
Bronze, one-third scale model

Fredericks' design for the Henry Ford Memorial at the Dearborn Public Library across Michigan Avenue from Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan features a full-length portrait of the company…

Wood Carving Tools:
Mallets, chisels and hone stones
Wood, steel, and stone

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.005

Fredericks used these woodcarving tools during his career. The wooden mallets and hone stones show substantial…

Wood Sprite, 1931
Driftwood on ebony

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.004

During his early years as an artist, Fredericks carved several tall thin figures in wood. A few were carved from old fence posts the artist acquired. …

Portrait of an Old Man, 1929
Black walnut

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.003

Fredericks executed several woodcarving during the early part of his career. He made this sculpture, possibly during his senior year, at the…