Leaping Gazelle Fountain, Full-Scale, Otter, [Plaster]
Original Otter plaster full-scale model. Has a blue plastic bag covering the sculpture.
Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Leaping Gazelle Fountain, Full-Scale, Rabbit, [Plaster]
Plaster original full-scale model of the Rabbit auxiliary sculpture for the Leaping Gazelle Fountain, 1936.
Leaping Gazelle Fountain, Full-Scale, Hawk, [Plaster]
Plaster original full-scale model for the Hawk, auxiliary sculpture for the Leaping Gazelle Fountain, 1936.
Dark green in color plaster Full-Scale model of the Thinker. Some of the painted surface has come off. The chimpanzee sits with arms crossed in front of him. His hands are upon his shoulders. His legs are also crossed as he stares ahead. The knees have the classic tear drop shape characteristic of many of Marshall's animals. "In front of both the Detroit Institute of Arts and Cleveland Museum of Art broods Auguste Rodin's bronze Thinker. When the Cranbrook Art Museum was completed, George Booth said to Fredericks, "Marshall, I want you to do a Thinker to put on the steps of the Cranbrook museum. Every museum has a Thinker in front. We should have one ." To do Rodin's sculpture over again in any form was unthinkable. With the shrewd humor he sometimes exhibited, Fredericks chose a block of black granite and carved the massive, self-enclosed ape that now site before the Cranbrook Art Museum. When it was shown to him, Booth looked at it for a moment disconcerted; then recognizing the idea and the sculpture's quality, he said, "Well, it may be that he is thinking far more interesting thoughts than we are. I'll take it."" Fredericks, Suzanne P. "Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor", Saginaw Valley State University, 2003. p.2 One of Fredericks Thinkers sits just outside of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. This work is signed "Marshall M. F" The rest of the name fades out and is unreadable except for the "D" in Fredericks.
Siberian Ram, Horn, Full-Scale, [Plaster]
Horn section only (left side) of Siberian Ram 2001.039.001. It broke off from complete model.
Various chips and abrasions. Left horn broke off (received by Artpack this way) Label is on the horn. Left horn is 2001.039.002.
Baboon and Baby Chimpanzee, Head, [Plaster]
Plaster head for Baboon with Baby Chimpanzee. This is the front section of the head only. The mouth is open slightly.
Baboon and Baby Chimpanzee, Bottom Front, [Plaster]
Front section of full-scale model without head of Baboon with Baby Chimpanzee. A baboon holds a baby chimp to her chest. The baby chimp has its back to the baboon. The small chimp has its proper right leg outstretched and is foot on the baboons proper right knee. The baboon holds most of the baby chimp with her proper left hand. The chimps tail hangs at the proper left foot of the chimp and the proper left foot of the baboon. This section does not have the head of the baboon attached.
Plaster 2 piece mold with "U of M Eagle" written on the surface.
Ann Arbor Eagle, Wing Mold, [Plaster and Rubber]
Plaster 2 piece mold with "U of M Eagle" written on the surface. Mold held together with wire.