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Baby Baboon, 1939
Bronze, cast c. 1985
Sketch model for Baboon Fountain for World's Fair, 1937 38

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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The Boy and Bear, 1954
Maquette
Bronze, cast c. 1987

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned to design sculpture for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield. At the time it opened…

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Lambs
Bronze

Fredericks created the clay model for these bronze casts in the 1930's when his work was characterized by more naturalistic treatment of surface textures than during his later years. The sketchy finish of these reclining animals…

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This is the full-scale model of one figure for Fredericks' Baboon Fountain for the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, New York. The five baboons and baby baboon were created for the Glass Industries Building at the 1939 New York World's…

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This is the full-scale model of one figure for Fredericks' Baboon Fountain for the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, New York. The five baboons and baby baboon were created for the Glass Industries Building at the 1939 New York World's…

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The compact, monolithic form of the Siberian Ram contrasts with the more open composition of the Leaping Gazelle (#16), although both have spherical contours and strong curvilinear design elements. Both are evocative. Some viewers perceive them as…

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Plaster eagle with wings spread perched upon a wreath like object. Small-scale model for the Ann Arbor Eagle.

"When asked to do a war memorial for the University of Michigan in 1950, he turned again to the symbolic eagle, which he had used in…

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Wood crate with "this side up", "marshall Fredericksburg wild geese", "flying wild geese", and "fragile" written on outside of crate. There is an orange sticker from Bedi Makky on the crate as well. There is also a wrapped package (not in crate) …

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Plaster body and wings of the full-scale American Eagle mounted to a wood base. Written on the plaster are instructions for where the "right wing" and "left wing" are to be placed.

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Leaping Gazelle, 1936
Bronze

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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This sculpture was the first commissioned work Marshall M. Fredericks was paid to do. In 1936 the sculpture won first prize in a national competition, and…
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