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View of "The Sculpture of Marshall Fredericks: A Tribute" at the Cranbrook Art Museum
"The Sculpture of Marshall Fredericks: A Tribute" at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan - November 16, 1994-January 29, 1995.
View inside half of the plaster mold for "The Friendly Dragon" with the armature visible
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
Unidentified sketches, possibly early concepts for the sculpture outside the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles at the Detroit Zoological Institute
Graphite on paper
5" x 8"
Unidentified sketches, possibly for "Flying Pterodactyls" and "The Friendly Dragon". Sketches may be early concepts for the sculpture outside the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles at the Detroit Zoological Institute.
5" x 8"
Unidentified sketches, possibly for "Flying Pterodactyls" and "The Friendly Dragon". Sketches may be early concepts for the sculpture outside the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles at the Detroit Zoological Institute.
Two bronze full scale bronze casts of "The Friendly Dragon" in the Grand River
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
Two bronze "The Friendly Dragon" and bronze "The Friendly Frog" in the Grand River
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
The plaster mold for the head of "The Friendly Dragon" with the full-scale plasteline model partially covered in plaster in the background
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
The plasteline model of "The Friendly Dragon" with shims separating it into sections
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
The plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" with its body covered in plaster
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
The plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" entirely covered in plaster
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
The full scale plaster model for "The Friendly Dragon" in pieces in Fredericks' greenhouse studio
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…