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Graphite on paper
17" x 11.25"

Fredericks designed this series for a national products competition in 1939 in hopes that they would be placed on a government building in Washington DC, but the building was never built. The series consisted of 12…

Plaster relief of bearded man gold panning. Behind the man are two mules and the surface is painted green. Written on the back is "441".

Plaster mold with rubber inner mold and plaster core. "Miner" inscribed in plaster interior on reverse side. "Miner plaque" written on rear plaster exterior mold. Twine rope used as handle. A plastic zip tie is used to hold he mold together.

Small plaster plaque mold with black rubber inner mold and plaster core "3/93 Miner" written on mold. Mold is bound with a plastic zip tie.

Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.

Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.

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,…