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Tent for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Arbury Fine Arts Center and the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
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,…
The future site of the Arbury Fine Arts Center and the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
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,…
View of Marshall Fredericks speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
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,…
Leaping Gazelle Fountain [Bronze]
Leaping Gazelle, 1936
Bronze
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.015
This sculpture was the first commissioned work Marshall M. Fredericks was paid to do. In 1936 the sculpture won first prize in a national competition, and…
Bronze
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.015
This sculpture was the first commissioned work Marshall M. Fredericks was paid to do. In 1936 the sculpture won first prize in a national competition, and…
Flying Pterodactyls [Bronze]
Original sculpture done in 1960 for Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan, Charles N. Agree architect. Cast for SVSU in 1986.
Sculpture depicts two pterodactlys in flight while fighting over a fish.…
Sculpture depicts two pterodactlys in flight while fighting over a fish.…
Don Quixote [Bronze]
Bronze with green patina of Don Quixote on black marble base.
Cervantes' "Don Quixote de la Mancha" is a masterpiece of world literature. It is as well known and loved today as when it was first issued in 1605. Cervantes glorified Knight…
Cervantes' "Don Quixote de la Mancha" is a masterpiece of world literature. It is as well known and loved today as when it was first issued in 1605. Cervantes glorified Knight…
Siberian Ram [Bronze]
The compact, monolithic form of the Siberian Ram contrasts with the more open composition of the Leaping Gazelle (#16), although both have spherical contours and strong curvilinear design elements. Both are evocative. Some viewers perceive them as…
Two Sisters (Mother and Child) [Bronze]
This is the full-scale model for the figures in the TWO SISTERS FOUNTAIN, which is located in a courtyard of Kingswood School Cranbrook. Smaller and earlier versions of these figures are included in a maquette for that fountain which is on display…
The Lion and Mouse [Bronze]
Fredericks has said that this sculpture illustrates the story of "The Lion and the Mouse." In that story a lion caught a mouse, but as he was about to eat him the mouse pleaded for mercy, promising to help the lion one day. The lion was so amused…
Bacchante (Persephone) [Bronze]
Full-scale bronze of Persephone with green patina. Sculpture sits in the sculpture garden. Depicts a nude woman on her proper left knee with her hands raised at head level. She has long braids.
In Greek mythology, Persephone was the goddess of…
In Greek mythology, Persephone was the goddess of…