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Workers assist as "Freedom of the Human Spirit" is lowered onto its base in Shain Park
The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of…
Workers (in shadow) with plaster corpus for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster model for "Christ on the Cross for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Worker inspecting plaster model of corpus for "Christ on the Cross"
Worker inspecting plaster model for "Christ on the Cross for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Wood Sprite [Wood]
Wood Sprite, 1931
Driftwood on ebony
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.004
During his early years as an artist, Fredericks carved several tall thin figures in wood. A few were carved from old fence posts the artist acquired. …
Driftwood on ebony
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.004
During his early years as an artist, Fredericks carved several tall thin figures in wood. A few were carved from old fence posts the artist acquired. …
Wood Figures, Four Pegs, [Wood]
Four small peg figures representational of humans. These are used in site models.
Wood Figure, Man, [Wood]
Wood figure cut out of a man painted gray on a marble base.
Wood Figure, Man, [Wood]
Wood figure cut out of a man painted silver. Stands on wood base.
Wood Figure, Man, [Wood]
Wood cut out figure of a male painted gray.
Wood Figure, Girl, [Wood]
Wood figure cut out of a girl painted white.
Women kneel in prayer below "Christ on the Cross"
Considered by Fredericks to be “his greatest challenge,†the figure of Christ took him four years to complete. Funded by contributions from over 10,000 summer visitors to the shrine, the twenty-eight foot corpus symbolizes a Christ on the cross…