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Marshall and Rosalind Fredericks watch as workers install The Thinker at a private residence.tif
Fredericks created this sculpture at the request of George Gough Booth, the founder of Cranbrook Educational Community, who wanted a “Thinker” for the steps of the Cranbrook Art Museum similar to Auguste Rodin’s renowned Thinker, a cast of…

Marshall and Rosalind Fredericks watch as workers place The Thinker at a private residence.tif
Fredericks created this sculpture at the request of George Gough Booth, the founder of Cranbrook Educational Community, who wanted a “Thinker” for the steps of the Cranbrook Art Museum similar to Auguste Rodin’s renowned Thinker, a cast of…

Marshall and Rosalind Fredericks with Floyd Starr.tif
1990, bronze, 31 inches. Sculpture is located at Starr Commonwealth in Albion, Michigan.

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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…

Marshall Fredericks with an unidentified group of men watching the installation of Leaping Gazelle at Milliken & Company.tif
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…

Marshall and Rosalind Fredericks with daughters Rosalind and Suzanne (Suki) Fredericks at Kingswood School.jpg
Two Sisters Fountain is located in a courtyard of Kingswood School at Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Inspired by the helpful attitude of the girls at Kingswood, Fredericks cast the full-scale plaster original before…

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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,…

Marshall and Rosalind Fredericks with an unidentified man at the dedication of Star Dream Fountain.jpg
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…

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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.…

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Small scale bronze "Flying Wild Geese" presented to Russell G. Mawby, Chairman Emeritus, W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
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