Plasteline model for one of the sixteen fiberglass polyester resin laminate reliefs for the Ford Rotunda, Dearborn, Michigan depicting industries related to the manufacture of automobiles.
The sixteen reliefs won the Gold Medal in Sculpture from…
The 44-foot long relief mural was originally located at the Fort Street Union Depot in Detroit, Michigan. All three reliefs have since been relocated to the B. & O. Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.
The idea to create a memorial honoring Henry Ford took root in 1948 when the Dearborn, Michigan Chamber of Commerce conducted a poll of Dearborn residents and learned that most of the populace favored such a proposal. The Dearborn Chamber of Commerce…
Pegasus from the Pegasus with Propeller. The propeller section has been cut out and removed to leave the Pegasus with most of its legs missing. There is still part of the upper-most propeller on the Pegasus.
Plaster relief of a Pegasus figure in profile with airplane propellers under his belly. It appears as if Pegasus is riding upon the propeller's nose cone of an airplane. Clouds appear under the propellers.
Plaster mold of man riding on a horse in costume. Written on back is "Mike Sutton Dressage Plaque". Yellowish color from shellac applied to seal the plaster. Mold is triangular in shape.
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.