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This sculpture illustrates the well known Aesop Fable of “The Lion and the Mouse.” Fredericks’ rendition depicts the end of the story in which the tiny mouse returns the king of the jungle’s kindness by saving him from a hunter’s…

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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,…

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Written on mold is "Mouse w/o base stall B 11/92" Mold is bound with a metal wire.

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Posthumously cast of the Mouse from Lion and Mouse with foundry and edition marks and A.P. stamped/ inscribed in wax; also, interior edition mark stamped in wax. Mouse is mounted on a black marble base.

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Double mold for 2 mice for Lion and Mouse. Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. Written on mold is "Mouse 2pcs no base" "Stall B" "#1 #2" "mouse lion and mouse old 11/92" Mold is bound by a rubber strap.

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Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. Written on mold is "mouse lion & mouse old 11/92". A wide rubber strap holds the mold together.

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Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. Red wax residue is on the molds surface.

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Mouse
1957
Bronze

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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Mold for 1/4 scale Lion and Mouse. Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. In 1957 the Lion and Mouse was carved for the Eastland Shopping Center in Harper Woods, Michigan, another early shopping center designed by Victor Gruen.…

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Lion and Monkey mold. Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. Two sections. Written on the mold is "Lion and Monkey, Marshall Fredericks" Mold is bound with a plastic zip tie.
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