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Plaster mother mold for Family for Spirit of Detroit with inner rubber mold. Mold is bound by a plastic zip tie.

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Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core of Spirit of Detroit.

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Written on mold is "Spirit of Detroit, Abstract, (The thinnest one) 10/10"Two piece plaster and two piece blue silicone and plaster core. Bound with plastic zip tie.

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Posthumously cast bronze Spirit of Detroit model with a gold family and deity. The patina is green and figure sits on a black marble base. Foundry, edition marks and A.P. stamped on bronze.

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Bronze Spirit of Detroit sketch model with green patina. The deity is gold colored and the family is green patinated bronze.

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Bronze Spirit of Detroit rough sketch model with green patina and gold family and deity. This model is a rough sketch and the surface is not as smooth as other models. There is no base.

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Spirit of Detroit in wooden travel case. Was most likely a presentation model given to a recipient in a ceremony. Front door has dent in proper left corner.

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The head of The Spirit of Detroit, 1958
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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This is the only surviving portion of the full-scale plaster original model for The Spirit of Detroit, a sixteen-foot tall bronze…

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The Spirit of Detroit, 1958
Quarter scale model
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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Working from this model, Fredericks made the full-scale model for the sixteen-foot tall figure at the entrance to the…

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Description
The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at…
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