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Sketch for "Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit"
Ink on paper
8" x 4.75"
Originally created to support the Tower of the Four Winds, Black Elk Neihardt Park, Blair, Nebraska. The Peace Pipe points from the Heart of Man to the Heart of God. Black Elk prays through tears, "Oh, make my people…
8" x 4.75"
Originally created to support the Tower of the Four Winds, Black Elk Neihardt Park, Blair, Nebraska. The Peace Pipe points from the Heart of Man to the Heart of God. Black Elk prays through tears, "Oh, make my people…
Black Elk, Small Scale, [Plaster]
Small scale plaster painted white. This one is broken on the corner where the buffalo's tail sits.
Depicts Black Elk standing and looking upward toward the sky. He caries a peace pipe in his proper left hand. At his proper left side is a…
Depicts Black Elk standing and looking upward toward the sky. He caries a peace pipe in his proper left hand. At his proper left side is a…
Black Elk, Small Scale, [Plaster]
Small scale plaster painted white. There is no peace pipe with this model.
Depicts Black Elk standing and looking upward toward the sky. He caries a peace pipe in his proper left hand. At his proper left side is a buffalo laying down.
Depicts Black Elk standing and looking upward toward the sky. He caries a peace pipe in his proper left hand. At his proper left side is a buffalo laying down.
Black Elk, Full-Scale Back Section of Bison, [Plaster]
23 sections that make up the full-scale model for Black Elk
Black Elk, 1/3 Scale Armature, [Wood]
1/3 rd scale armature for Black Elk: Homage to the Great spirit. This is one of the last works Fredericks completed before he passed away.
This armature is crafted of wood lath and the head of the Black Elk figure is finished in clay. The buffalo…
This armature is crafted of wood lath and the head of the Black Elk figure is finished in clay. The buffalo…
Black Elk Armature [Wood]
Wood Full-Scale armature for Black Elk
Sections:
1 Front section with head and front legs of buffalo
2 Hump and shoulder section
3 lower body of Black Elk and the mid section of the buffalo
4 hind quarters and rear section
5 midsection of Black…
Sections:
1 Front section with head and front legs of buffalo
2 Hump and shoulder section
3 lower body of Black Elk and the mid section of the buffalo
4 hind quarters and rear section
5 midsection of Black…
Black Elk, 1/3 Scale, [Plaster]
Painted white plaster 1/3rd scale model of Black Elk. 1/3 scale plaster model painted a gloss white. Depicts Black Elk standing and looking upward toward the sky. He caries a peace pipe in his proper left hand. At his proper left side is a buffalo…
Black Elk, [Bronze]
Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit
1980
Bronze
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.050
Black Elk (1863-1950) was a holy man of the Ogallala Sioux and a spiritual leader for all North American Indians. Black Elk Speaks,…
1980
Bronze
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.050
Black Elk (1863-1950) was a holy man of the Ogallala Sioux and a spiritual leader for all North American Indians. Black Elk Speaks,…
View of the Royal Oak studio with "Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit," "Victory Eagle" (American Eagle) and "Henry Ford"
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Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.
Sculptor Marshall Fredericks surrounded by models of his work in his Royal Oak studio
Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.