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Leaping Gazelle
1935
Bronze maquette, cast before 1988

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.032

Small maquette or model, for the Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain. Gazelle stands on black marble base.

Posthumously cast of the Leaping Gazelle. Foundry and edition marks and A.P. stamped/ inscribed in wax; also, interior edition mark stamped in wax.

Plaster model of Leaping Gazelle in Plexiglas case. This is located in the director's office.

Rubber mold with wax core of the leaf that holds the proper rear right leg to the base.

Two piece plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. "Lizard" faintly written on mold. Mold is bound by a plastic zip tie.

In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…

The armature for "Acrobat” – one of the “Clowns” in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.

Armature for one of the “Clowns” - includes: "Acrobat", "Circus Clown", "Juggler" and "Lovesick Clown (Pagliacci)".

Full-scale bronze legs on floor of studio for "Christ on the Cross" for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
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