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Bird armature made from wire and plaster mounted on a cube shaped white wood base.

Bird, armature, 1970
Metal and wood

These armatures and maquettes illustrate the common working practices of traditional figurative sculptors like Fredericks. He fashioned the armatures from flexible wire and sheet metal to support the clay he…

Wood base painted white triangular in shape with holes in top. Unknown as to which sculpture sits on this base.

Plaster triangular base mounted on wood board. This is for the angle of the Flying Pterodactyls.

Wood base with a drawing underneath that is very faint. There is clay residue on the board as well as shellac.

Armature for Baboon Playing a Mandolin. Wood armature has some areas of clay residue. Armature is in two sections.

Wooden lath armature for Baboon with Baby Chimpanzee with a small amount of plasticine residue in joint areas.

Armature for a hand made of wood an metal for the fingers.

Five fingered hand armature made of metal. There is some clay residue on the armature.

Armature for hand and part of wrist with only four fingers. Metal and wood.