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Two extra decorative balls for the three clowns in the sculpture garden. They are threaded and patinated and ready to install if needed.

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Small bronze model given to the MFSM by Mr. and Mrs. Leland Doan.


In 1976 Fredericks enlarged these figures from the thirty-inch tall version that he created while at Cranbrook in 1939. These seven figures are in the style of jamb statues found…

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This is the full-scale model of one figure for Fredericks' Baboon Fountain for the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, New York. The five baboons and baby baboon were created for the Glass Industries Building at the 1939 New York World's…

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This is the full-scale model of one figure for Fredericks' Baboon Fountain for the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, New York. The five baboons and baby baboon were created for the Glass Industries Building at the 1939 New York World's…

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Installed in 1991, dedicated October 5, 1991, moved to sculpture garden in 2013

Although the first clowns date back to ancient times, the descendants of modern clowns were the traveling minstrels of the Middle Ages. They wore brightly colored…

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Bronze portrait relief of Jack Ryder. Text on the relief is "Jakc McBride Ryder 1974 President 1989 Saginaw Valley State Universisty".

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Bronze portrait permanently mounted in the first floor corridor of Wickes Hall. The text on the bronze is "Samuel Davey Presented by the student body of Saginaw valley State College".

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Bronze with green patina on black marble base. Resting on the hand are two birds with wings extended ready to take off in flight and a male figure resting on his back.

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Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned to design sculpture for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield. At the time it opened in 1954, Northland was the country's largest shopping center as well as the first regional shopping center. The…
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