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Quarter-scale plaster model of "The Spirit of Detroit" 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,…
Quarter-scale plasteline model of "The Spirit of Detroit" - rear/side view
The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…
Quarter-scale plasteline model for "The Spirit of Detroit" - side view
The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…
Quarter-scale plasteline model for "The Spirit of Detroit" - front/side view
The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…
Quarter-scale plasteline model for "The Spirit of Detroit" - front view
The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…
Quarter scale plaster sphere for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life" at Bedi-Makky foundry
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country. Located within the basin are four granite carvings…
Quarter scale plaster model of the sphere for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life" after bronze casting at the Bedi-Makky foundry
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country. Located within the basin are four granite carvings…
Quarter scale plaster model of "Nordic Civilization" for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life" - alternate front view
The smoothness of the surface and the graceful, curving lines expressed in this full-scale model of Nordic Civilization are highly suggestive of the sea itself.
The large, powerful sea-god Poseidon’s right hand rests upon the body of a shark. …
The large, powerful sea-god Poseidon’s right hand rests upon the body of a shark. …
Quarter scale plaster model of "Henry Ford"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the building's interior was the expansive,…
Quarter scale plaster model for granite carving of "Nordic Civilization" for the Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
The smoothness of the surface and the graceful, curving lines expressed in this full-scale model of Nordic Civilization are highly suggestive of the sea itself.
The large, powerful sea-god Poseidon’s right hand rests upon the body of a shark. …
The large, powerful sea-god Poseidon’s right hand rests upon the body of a shark. …