Older people--Housing Retirement communities
Marshall Fredericks was commissioned to create plaques at Henry Ford Park to be built at the front of Henry Ford Village, a residential community for senior citizens. Possibly unrealized.
Marshall M. Fredericks Papers. Series II, Box 13, Folder 27
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Fiberglass Ford Rotunda (Dearborn, Mich.) Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Public sculpture, American Relief (Art)
Marshall Fredericks created sixteen fiberglass polyester resin laminate reliefs for the Ford Rotunda, Dearborn, Michigan depicting industries related to the manufacture of automobiles. The sixteen reliefs won the Gold Medal in Sculpture from the Architectural League of New York in 1956. The Ford Rotunda was destroyed by fire in 1962.
Marshall M. Fredericks Papers. Series II, Box 13, Folder 26
Small-scale plaster model of "Henry Ford" for the "Henry Ford Memorial" against a dark background
Artists' studios--United States. Figure sculpture, American--20th century. Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
The idea to create a memorial honoring Henry Ford took root in 1948 when the Dearborn, Michigan Chamber of Commerce conducted a poll of Dearborn residents and learned that most of the populace favored such a proposal. The Dearborn Chamber of Commerce initiated a fundraising drive to finance a life-size full-length bronze of the auto magnate and commissioned Marshall Fredericks to design the sculpture. Fredericksâ€™ original model for the memorial consisted of a sixty-year-old Henry Ford standing with one hand on the shoulder of a teenage boy and the other hand pointing towards the future. Although approved by the Ford family, Fredericks never executed the design, as fundraising proved to be difficult, causing the project to be put on hold. In 1967, almost twenty years after the original proposal, the Inter-Service Club Council of Dearborn revived the project, calling upon residents of the city to raise funds for the monument through public subscription. Unfortunately many Dearborn residents thought that the teenage boy in the model was Edsel Ford, Henry Fordâ€™s son, and not a representation of Henry Ford in his youth, as the artist intended. Although a historically inaccurate assumption, the confusion persisted, causing the Henry Ford Statue Committee to scrap the original concept in favor of a new design. Located at the Henry Ford Centennial Library, the final memorial is a life-size bronze figure of Henry Ford in his familiar pose, standing with his hands in his pockets, situated at the center of a serpentine marble wall. At the memorialâ€™s unveiling in 1975, Fredericks remarked â€œThis pose, the thoughtful look, represents him in the best way. I like to see him thinking.â€ Intended to tell the story of Fordâ€™s life, bronze reliefs depicting his early childhood, adolescence and the growth of the Ford Empire accompany the central figure. The reverse side of the memorial features three engraved quotations attributed to this legendary innovator.
Marshall M. Fredericks Papers. Series II, Box 13, Folder 23
Side view of the small scale plaster model of "Henry Ford" for the "Henry Ford Memorial"
Small scale plaster model of "Henry Ford" for the "Henry Ford Memorial"
Close-up of the central figure from the "Henry Ford Memorial"
Title Plaster model of "Henry Ford" for the "Henry Ford Memorial" Subject Artists' studios--United States. Figure sculpture, American--20th century. Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Public sculpture, American Relief (Art)
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the building's interior was the expansive, curvilinear lobby adorned with some of Marshall Fredericks' most delicate and refined sculptures. A 145-feet long filigreed metal mural, The Ford Empire, swept almost the entire length of the curved outer wall. On the balcony walls at either end of the foyer stood polished metal theatrical groupings of circus performers, musicians, harlequins, and dancers. Formed from literally thousands of pieces of copper, nickel, brass, stainless steel, and aluminum and plated with gold, zinc, and cadmium these pieces were hand-shaped, joined, plated, and polished.
Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series II, Box 13, Folder 9
Edward A. Eichstedt, Landscape architect Crane, Kiehler and Kellogg, Architects O'Dell, Hewlett and Luckenbach, Architects
Marshall M. Fredericks Papers. Series II, Box 13, Folder 9
Landscape treatment at the escalator enclosure, Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium, Detroit Civic Center
Crane Kiehler and Kellogg, O'Dell Hewlett and Luckenbach, Architects Edward A. Eichstedt, Landscape architect
Clowns in art Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Public sculpture, American Relief (Art)