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Marshall Fredericks designed these in hopes of getting a commission to be placed on a building out west. These are the only sketch models in the scale on one inch to one foot. They were intended to be about ten feet high.

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The plaster is painted black on this relief of Hiawatha.

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Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. The mold is deep. Mold is held together with a bracket and bolts.

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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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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,…

Close-up of the plaster model for Pioneer Family and Animals of the Region for Spirit of Kentucky.jpg
Collectively titled the Spirit of Kentucky, Barry Bingham, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal commissioned Fredericks to design reliefs for their new building.

After Fredericks received the commission he reportedly traveled through…

The plaster model for Pioneer Family and Animals of the Region for Spirit of Kentucky.jpg
Collectively titled the Spirit of Kentucky, Barry Bingham, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal commissioned Fredericks to design reliefs for their new building.

After Fredericks received the commission he reportedly traveled through…

Plasteline model for the Spirit of Kentucky.jpg
Collectively titled the Spirit of Kentucky, Barry Bingham, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal commissioned Fredericks to design reliefs for their new building.

After Fredericks received the commission he reportedly traveled through…

Sketches from life (deer head studies) - drawing.jpg
c. 1950s, pencil on paper.

Sketched at the Detroit Zoo.

Sketches from life (deer head studies).jpg
c. 1950s, pencil on paper, 11 7/8 x 17 3/4 inches.
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