Side view of plasteline model for "Sir Winston Churchill Memorial" in front of a screen

Side view of plasteline model for "Sir Winston Churchill Memorial" in front of a screen

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Portrait sculpture--20th century
Portrait sculpture, American

This portrait head of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) is four times the size of life in heroic-scale. Compared with the idealized style of most of Fredericks' works, his portrait style is more realistic though simplified.

Located at the Grand Bahamas Port Authority, Freeport, Grand Bahamas Island, Churchill's serious expression and the strong modeling give this portrait a stately permanence appropriate for a memorial. A quote from Churchill is located on the memorial’s pedestal, "If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future."

Maurice C. Hartwick

Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 6 Folder 22

n.d.

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V-06-22

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Royal Oak (Mich.)

Black and white print

8" x 10"