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Two stone carvers cutting out the rough form of the bear for "The Boy and Bear" from limestone with plaster model in foreground
Stone carvers using plaster model as a guide for carving out the rough form of the bear for "The Boy and Bear" from limestone for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan. Designed by Victor Gruen, Northland is one of the world's first…
Two stone carvers carving out the rough form of the bear for "The Boy and Bear" from limestone
Stone carvers using plaster model as a guide for carving out the rough form of the bear for "The Boy and Bear" from limestone for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan. Designed by Victor Gruen, Northland is one of the world's first…
The Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum with sculptures partially installed
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 Boy and Bear [Plaster]
The Boy and Bear, 1954
Plaster original
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.006
Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned by the J.L. Hudson Company to design sculpture for Northland Center in Southfield, Michigan. At the…
Plaster original
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.006
Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned by the J.L. Hudson Company to design sculpture for Northland Center in Southfield, Michigan. At the…
The Boy and Bear [Bronze]
The Boy and Bear, 1954
Maquette
Bronze, cast c. 1987
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.134
Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned to design sculpture for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield. At the time it opened…
Maquette
Bronze, cast c. 1987
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.134
Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned to design sculpture for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield. At the time it opened…
The Boy and Bear [Bronze]
Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned to design sculpture for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield. At the time it opened in 1954, Northland was the country's largest shopping center as well as the first regional shopping center. The…
Study for "The Boy and Bear"
Graphite on tracing paper mounted on board
11.5" x 10"
The Boy and Bear was commissioned by the J. L. Hudson Company for architect Victor Gruen’s Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan; at the time, Northland was only the second…
11.5" x 10"
The Boy and Bear was commissioned by the J. L. Hudson Company for architect Victor Gruen’s Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan; at the time, Northland was only the second…
Study for "The Boy and Bear"
Pencil on tracing paper
9" x 11.75"
The Boy and Bear was commissioned by the J. L. Hudson Company for architect Victor Gruen’s Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan; at the time, Northland was only the second open-air pedestrian…
9" x 11.75"
The Boy and Bear was commissioned by the J. L. Hudson Company for architect Victor Gruen’s Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan; at the time, Northland was only the second open-air pedestrian…
Studio assistant Molly Barth sits atop the plaster model of the bear for "The Boy and Bear"
Studio assistant Molly Barth sits atop the full-scale plaster model for "The Boy and Bear" for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan. Designed by Victor Gruen, Northland is one of the world's first shopping centers.
Studio assistant Molly Barth poses with the plaster model for the bear from "The Boy and Bear"
Molly Barth poses with the full-scale plaster model for "The Boy and Bear" for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan. Designed by Victor Gruen, Northland is one of the world's first shopping centers.