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Plaster model for "Alfred P. Sloan Medal"
"Charles F. Kettering Medal," "Charles S. Mott Medal," and "Alfred P. Sloan Medal".
Minted in bronze and gold-plated bronze, diameter 2 1/4 inch (each), General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, Detroit, Michigan.
Face: Portrait relief of…
Minted in bronze and gold-plated bronze, diameter 2 1/4 inch (each), General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, Detroit, Michigan.
Face: Portrait relief of…
Plaster model for "Alden B. Dow Portrait Plaque"
Alden Dow was born in Midland, Michigan in 1904. Early in his life Alden Dow developed an interest in design. Following the custom of the day, Dow attended the University of Michigan to study engineering in preparation to enter his father’s…
Plaster model and models for the legs and base of "Acrobat" clown
The plaster model and molds for "Acrobat†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.
Plaster Mixing Bowl
Metal bucket with handle and plaster residue inside.
Plaster male and female heads possibly for "Night and Day Fountain" in a crate
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,…
Plaster legs for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster legs with seams/joints visible for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster legs and cloth for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster legs and cloth with joints/seams visible for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster legs and base for "Two Sisters" for 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,…
Plaster head for "The Friendly Dragon"
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
Plaster head and torso for the full-scale model for "The Expanding Universe Fountain"
This fountain celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and mystery of the…