Aluminum "Youth in the Hands of God" - view from below at the New Dallas Public Library

Aluminum "Youth in the Hands of God" - view from below at the New Dallas Public Library

Aluminum sculpture--20th century
Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Outdoor sculpture--United States.
Public sculpture, American

The façade of the New Dallas Public Library contained an 880-pound, 20 foot high aluminum sculpture by Marshall Fredericks entitled "Youth in the Hands of God." Symbolizing "the hands of God supporting youth reaching for learning through the medium of literature," the $12,000 relief sculpture depicted two hands lifting a boy wearing blue jeans. The library planned to take the sculpture with them to the new building, but it remained on the empty building for several years. In 1993 the sculpture was sold and now resides at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum at Saginaw Valley State University.

Bayne, C. D.

Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 24 Folder 28

City of Dallas Official Staff Photo

1956-12-05

This image is in the public domain.

V-24-28

image/jpeg

Image

19-12

Dallas (Tex.)

Black and white print

8" x 10"