322 10 8302 https://omeka.svsu.edu/files/original/1991074_8c87d603b7.jpg f9f1462409186628ae6a7359294af785 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 768 Width 676 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection Sculpture Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 32" x 24" Materials Plaster full-scale Catalog Number 1991.074 Object Location Location of object in collection. Main Exhibit Gallery Provenance 03/22/1989 gifted to MFSM Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Colt and Pigs [Plaster] Subject The topic of the resource Animal sculpture--20th century Description An account of the resource Marshall designed the series for a national competition in 1939 hopes that they would be placed on a government building in Washington DC, but the building was never built. The series consisted of 12 reliefs. Three are in the museum; Cotton Pickers, Colt and Pigs, and Steers. Later Marshall grouped these three with The Guests Have Arrived and Chimpanzee (Philosopher). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. 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Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection Sculpture Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 32" x 24" Materials Plaster Catalog Number 1991.073 Object Location Location of object in collection. Main Exhibit Gallery Provenance 1989 March, 22 Gift to Museum and SVSU Board of Control Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cotton Pickers [Plaster] Subject The topic of the resource Figure sculpture, American--20th century Animal sculpture--20th century Description An account of the resource COTTON PICKERS, 1939 Plaster original Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks 1991.073 Marshall designed the series for a national competition in 1939 in hopes that they would be placed on a government building in Washington DC, but the building was never built. The series consisted of 12 reliefs. Three are in the museum; Cotton Pickers, Colt and Pigs, and Steers. Later Marshall grouped these three with The Guests Have Arrived and Chimpanzee (Philosopher). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Type The nature or genre of the resource Sculpture Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant University Center (Mich.) Cotton Pickers Figure sculpture Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Model Plaster Plaster Model Relief https://omeka.svsu.edu/files/original/1991072_5c101d1ec9.jpg b8ce94471f191fdd0ad504dc6fc2c3eb Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 768 Width 458 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection Sculpture Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 39" x 20" Materials Painted plaster Catalog Number 1991.072 Object Location Location of object in collection. Main Exhibit Gallery Provenance 1989 March, 22 Gift to Museum and SVSU Board of Control Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Horse and Antique Trains [Plaster] Subject The topic of the resource Figure sculpture, American--20th century Animal sculpture--20th century Description An account of the resource Horse and Antique Trains, 1951 Plaster original painted silver This 44-foot long relief mural was originally located at the Fort Street Union Depot in Detroit, Michigan. It has since been relocated to the B. & O. Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. This plaster original is painted silver to more closely resemble the original cast in aluminum. Because it is so long, it was cast in twelve sections, then welded together. This sculpted mural depicts the development of transportation in America. According to the dedication program: "Fredericks chose the modern steam locomotive and a streamlined diesel, which he contrasted with older modes of travel to form a panoramic history of transportation in America (including) Indian riders of the plains, the ox-drawn prairie schooners and stage coaches of the western pioneers, and one of the first wood-burning locomotives. On the right are the high wheel bikes of the 1890s, the runabout and touring car of the early 1900s, the first airplane, and another wood burning locomotive of civil war vintage. The work was designed to convey the impression of life and motion, and at the same time, create sustained interest by depicting many forms of old-time transportation." When Fredericks first started to do the design for this sculpture he thought of using many forms of transportation rather than just a large train. He claimed it would be "more interesting for people." These same themes are incorporated into the two reliefs centered below The Romance of Transportation, Modern Trains and Horse and Antique Trains. These were located at the main entrance of the Fort Street Union Depot. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1951 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Type The nature or genre of the resource Sculpture Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant University Center (Mich.) Horse and Antique Trains The Romance of Transportation https://omeka.svsu.edu/files/original/1991071_c0f5c087f1.jpg fa508ef9c1462398d15de28f8f77e348 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 768 Width 616 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection Sculpture Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 34.5" x 23" Materials Painted plaster Catalog Number 1991.071 Object Location Location of object in collection. Main Exhibit Gallery Provenance 1989 March, 22 Gift to Museum and SVSU Board of Control Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Modern Trains [Plaster] Subject The topic of the resource Figure sculpture, American--20th century Description An account of the resource Modern Trains, 1951 Plaster original painted silver This 44-foot long relief mural was originally located at the Fort Street Union Depot in Detroit, Michigan. It has since been relocated to the B. & O. Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. This plaster original is painted silver to more closely resemble the original cast in aluminum. Because it is so long, it was cast in twelve sections, then welded together. This sculpted mural depicts the development of transportation in America. According to the dedication program: "Fredericks chose the modern steam locomotive and a streamlined diesel, which he contrasted with older modes of travel to form a panoramic history of transportation in America (including) Indian riders of the plains, the ox-drawn prairie schooners and stage coaches of the western pioneers, and one of the first wood-burning locomotives. On the right are the high wheel bikes of the 1890s, the runabout and touring car of the early 1900s, the first airplane, and another wood burning locomotive of civil war vintage. The work was designed to convey the impression of life and motion, and at the same time, create sustained interest by depicting many forms of old-time transportation." When Fredericks first started to do the design for this sculpture he thought of using many forms of transportation rather than just a large train. He claimed it would be "more interesting for people." These same themes are incorporated into the two reliefs centered below The Romance of Transportation, Modern Trains and Horse and Antique Trains. These were located at the main entrance of the Fort Street Union Depot. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1951 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Type The nature or genre of the resource Sculpture Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant University Center (Mich.) Modern Trains The Romance of Transportation https://omeka.svsu.edu/files/original/1991070_01d0ab8528.jpg f7e6e02192e5f594fc9af1f543be4006 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 142 Width 1024 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection Sculpture Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 48" x 528" Materials Painted Plaster full-scale Catalog Number 1991.070 Object Location Location of object in collection. Main Exhibit Gallery Provenance 1987 July,1 Gift to Museum and SVSU Board of Control Notes MF, Sculptor copy: "Union Station on Fort Street in Detroit was a landmark of nineteenth-century Romanesque architecture used by the Chesapeake and Ohio, Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wabash railroads. Passengers left from its platforms for the great ports of the Atlantic coast south of New York, and for St. Louis and the West. When it was remodeled and modernized after the war, Fredericks was asked to do something on the long narrow band of wall over the doors through which travelers passed to the train platforms. On what would appear an awkwardly long and constricted span, Fredericks executed in polished aluminum a free-floating relief, forty-four feet long, which he called The Romance of Transportation (figs. 150-153). Beginning at the left with the opening of the West-Indians, a wagon train, stagecoaches, highwaymen-the relief swells into a crescendo of railroads and a streamlined train, then tapers off through airplanes and automobiles, to motorcycles and bicycles. The successive forms flow into each other, accentuated by the gleam of hammered and polished aluminum, leading the eye easily from one end to the other of a symbolic history of a people in movement. The relief was put in place in 1950. Subsequently, as the railroads' passenger traffic declined, the Fort Street Station, as it was popularly known, was demolished. The relief was removed to the Railroad Museum in Baltimore, where it remains on view." The work displays the 4th dimension--time. It shows a progression of time in methods of transportation from horses and man-powered vehicles to engine powered vehicles. Two motifs are located next to it: Molly Barth's copy: The long relief on the west wall of the gallery is titled The Romance of Transportation. This plaster model has been painted silver because it was cast in aluminum. The aluminum cast was dedicated in 1951 at the Fort Street Railroad Station in downtown Detroit during a major renovation of the building which was built in 18??. They commissioned Fredericks to make a relief for a long, narrow space above the gates to the train platforms. In this design, the diesel locomotives are intermixed with the older forms of transportation. On the left are Indians and the covered wagons, and stagecoaches. The locomotives in the center are the powerful ones. Notice also the cars, airplanes, bicycles, and the motorcycle and dog on the far right. Once trains ceased to be a popular mode of transportation, with airplanes being so much faster, the depot was closed and then demolished, I believe in 1970. The aluminum cast of this relief and the two reliefs above the exit sign here in the Gallery. Modern Trains, and Horse and Antique Trains, which were also done for the Fort Street Station were removed. They were then sent to the Baltimore Railroad Museum, where they are (hopefully) on exhibit now. [Discuss plaster model sections of original model, some sections made from aluminum cast in Detroit.] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Romance of Transportation [Plaster] Subject The topic of the resource Figure sculpture, American--20th century Animal sculpture--20th century Description An account of the resource Romance of Transportation, 1951 Plaster original painted silver This 44-foot long relief mural was originally located at the Fort Street Union Depot in Detroit, Michigan. It has since been relocated to the B. & O. Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. This plaster original is painted silver to more closely resemble the original cast in aluminum. Because it is so long, it was cast in twelve sections, then welded together. This sculpted mural depicts the development of transportation in America. According to the dedication program: "Fredericks chose the modern steam locomotive and a streamlined diesel, which he contrasted with older modes of travel to form a panoramic history of transportation in America (including) Indian riders of the plains, the ox-drawn prairie schooners and stage coaches of the western pioneers, and one of the first wood-burning locomotives. On the right are the high wheel bikes of the 1890s, the runabout and touring car of the early 1900s, the first airplane, and another wood burning locomotive of civil war vintage. The work was designed to convey the impression of life and motion, and at the same time, create sustained interest by depicting many forms of old-time transportation." When Fredericks first started to do the design for this sculpture he thought of using many forms of transportation rather than just a large train. He claimed it would be "more interesting for people." These same themes are incorporated into the two reliefs centered below The Romance of Transportation, Modern Trains and Horse and Antique Trains. These were located at the main entrance of the Fort Street Union Depot. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1951 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Type The nature or genre of the resource sculpture Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant University Center (Mich.) Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Model Plaster Plaster Model Relief The Romance of Transportation https://omeka.svsu.edu/files/original/1991069_c99bbc64a9.jpg d29f1f2de9c68bcc4f37b27825e2d569 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 892 Width 1024 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection Sculpture Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 48" x 48" Materials Plaster Catalog Number 1991.069 Object Location Location of object in collection. Main Exhibit Gallery Provenance 1989 March, 22 Gift to Museum and SVSU Board of Control Notes The "S" was a prototype of the Model T. The panel was carved on buff Carrara limestone in 1939. MF archives: Fredericks carved the original limestone relief that was placed in the public lobby of the Post Office. He received this commission as a result of an honorable mention in a section of Fine Arts Competition. Because the automobile industry was the most important factor in the development of the Detroit area, the sculptor has chosen to depict one of the very early cars. The "horseless carriage", with its two occupants, speeds along, leaving a trail of dust and smoke. Two children and a dog run delightedly beside the car while pigs and chickens flee in terror. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Horseless Carriage (Model S Ford Children and Animals - Sunday Afternoon) [Plaster] Subject The topic of the resource Figure sculpture, American--20th century Animal sculpture--20th century Description An account of the resource Horseless Carriage (Model S. Ford, Children and Animals Sunday Afternoon), 1939 Plaster original Fredericks designed and carved the original limestone relief that was placed in the public lobby of the Post Office in River Rouge, Michigan. He received this commission as a result of an honorable mention in a section of Fine Arts Competition at the World's Fair in New York in 1939. Because the automobile industry was the most important factor in the development of the Detroit area, the sculptor chose to depict one of the very early cars. The "horseless carriage," with its two occupants, speeds along leaving a trail of dust and smoke. Two children and a dog run delightedly beside the car while pigs, chickens, and a startled bird dart away in terror. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Type The nature or genre of the resource Sculpture Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant University Center (Mich.) Animal Animal Sculpture Figure sculpture Horseless Carriage (Model S Ford Children and Animals - Sunday Afternoon) Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Model Plaster Plaster Model Relief https://omeka.svsu.edu/files/original/1991068_2fb83d25c8.jpg 389191ed52dcf23225295e084a7f6753 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 768 Width 193 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection Sculpture Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 204" x 37.5" Materials Plaster full-scale Catalog Number 1991.068 Object Location Location of object in collection. Main Exhibit Gallery Provenance 03/22/1989 gifted to MFSM Notes On the right, the Civil War Pylon shows Abraham Lincoln parting the North and South. Below are Generals Grant and Lee. The Founding of Detroit Pylon on the left depicts the French explorer, Antione de la Mothe de Cadillac, who founded Detroit in 1701. Below Cadillac is Father Gabriel Richard who made important contributions to the early spiritual, educational and cultural life of Detroit. Other pylons include Indian Wars, Battle of the Great Lakes, Spanish-American War, Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812, WWII, and the Peace pylon. The Peace pylon is engraved, "In the hearts of all mankind is the Eternal Hope for Universal Peace." Fredericks stated about the Victory Eagle: "The problem was to take a natural object, one especially familiar to everyone, and simplify it in form to something almost architectural in quality, absolutely abstract in form and line, to tie in with the masses and character of the building, yet retain the character and meaning of the natural object. Also, it was necessary to indicate power and motion of the eagle, still make it an integral part of the marble wall, solid yet mobile; an architectural entity, and yet imbue it with the spirit of life." As a result of this sculpture, Fredericks was awarded the American Institute of Arts Medal in 1952, a distinction awarded only five times between 1914 and 1998. In 1953, he was awarded an honorary life membership in the Michigan Society of Architects as the first sculptor to be honored by them. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Civil War Pylon [Plaster] Subject The topic of the resource Figure sculpture, American--20th century Description An account of the resource Civil War Pylon, 1950 Plaster original Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks 1991.068 The Victory Eagle on the facade of the Veterans Memorial Building in Detroit is 30 feet high and projects 4-½ feet from the wall in high relief. The museum displays the quarter-scale version and two of the seven free-standing pylons originally placed in front of the building along the walkway leading to the entrance. The pylons were later moved next to the building parallel to the facade. Twenty feet high and carved with incised relief, they depict scenes from important events in the city's history. Here, the Founding of Detroit Pylon and Civil War Pylon frame either side of The Victory Eagle. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1950 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Type The nature or genre of the resource Sculpture Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant University Center (Mich.) Civil War Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Model Plaster Plaster Model Relief Veterans Memorial Building https://omeka.svsu.edu/files/original/1991067_9d07f74fa1.jpg 0acdb644f58d81915b69c4bed987e7e8 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 768 Width 674 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection Sculpture Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 94" x 70" Materials Plaster Catalog Number 1991.067 Object Location Location of object in collection. Main Exhibit Gallery Provenance 1987 July,1 Gift to Museum and SVSU Board of Control Notes On the wall, we have the "Veterans' Memorial Eagle," this is just the quarter scale. As we go along through the Gallery, I'll be mentioning, quarter-scale, 1/3 scale, or full-scale. This one, as I mentioned, is the "Eagle" from the Veterans' Memorial Building that's down there on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, which runs parallel with the Detroit River. This is just the quarter-scale eagle. The Eagle that's on the Veterans' Building is 30 feet tall, and it projects out four feet from the facade of the building. The Eagle, when it was originally quarried--it was carved from Vermont marble, and when it was quarried, there were 11 blocks and all together, they weighed 210 tons. The largest ever quarried, the largest block ever quarried, was quarried for this eagle; that alone weighed 86 tons. This was quarried in Danbury, Vermont. There's a large mountain there and they pulled this one block out that weighed 86 tons, and they got it out into the sunlight, and they saw that there was a slight flaw in it, so instead of taking the risk that it might crack, they chose to quarry, Mr. Fredericks did, to quarry another one just as large as that one that weighed 86 tons. The "Eagle," as you hurtle by automobile on Jefferson Avenue catches your eye. It really personalizes the building; the wings of the "Eagle," forming a "V" for victory, and, of course, for veterans. And then, in his talons, his claws, he is holding the laurel and the palm, which stand for glory and for victory. There are also seven free-standing pylons, as you walk up to the building, each telling a different story of American history. We have two pylons here in the Gallery. The pylon on the right that flanks the eagle is the "Civil War "pylon. On it you see Abraham Lincoln and the parting of the North and South, and General Grant and General Lee. The pylon on the left is the French explorer, Cadillac. Of course, the French founded Detroit in 1701. Beneath Cadillac on the pylon is Father Gabriel Richard. Both of these pylons give an example of incised, low-relief carving. They are carved into the marble, as opposed to the "Eagle" where it's coming out at you. The pylons were also carved in Vermont marble. Later the city of Detroit, without Mr. Fredericks' knowledge, they moved the pylons, and now they are parallel with the building. Before they formed, sort of a right angle, so they gave almost a one-point perspective. They also, without notifying Mr. Fredericks, they sand-blasted them, they thought that was the proper way of cleaning them, but they could not have done a worse thing to them, because sand-blasting actually bit into the stone and removed some of the very fine detail of the carving. Mr. Fredericks really did personalize the building, and he worked right along with the architect. His work is "public sculpture." Really, architecture and sculpture go hand-in-hand. They had to design a special support-system for the "Eagle" that was built right into the wall, the facade of the building. Really, Mr. Fredericks wears many hats, an engineer, and architect and, of course, master sculptor. Let me tell you a story. When they were hoisting one portion of the left wing of the "Eagle," the cable where the crane was lifting it, the cable snapped, and down went one portion of that wing, but luckily, it was just swallowed in the construction mud, and they were able to rinse it off and just lift it back up there, but if it had cracked, and Mr. Fredericks had delayed the construction crew, he would have had to pay for every day that he delayed them. But luckily, that didn't happen. You don't realize the hurdles that you really have to get over, you know, putting these large, monumental pieces up. The Veterans' Memorial Building was dedicated in 1950. I will check that date, but I'm pretty sure that's it. It took him four years from start to finish for the "Eagle" and the pylons, but he also did another, the "Seal of the United States" that's right to the side of the entrance to the Veterans' Memorial Building. It's on the red granite marble wall, and then the bronze casting of the "Great Seal of the United States," that's there by the entrance to the building. From 1995 Mary Iorio of Cranbrook, interview with Fredericks: In describing the building for the sculpture he said, "It was a war memorial and there were windows all the way across the whole building on all four sides and there was a little space for the relief. I saw it and I didn't say anything. But I made a scale model out of wood and took all the windows off the front and put the eagle on there. The architect came out to see it and was really pleased. He changed all the drawings. Otherwise, I don't think I would have ever gotten that job." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource American Eagle, Federal Reserve Bank Cincinnati [Plaster] Subject The topic of the resource Animal sculpture--20th century Description An account of the resource Plaster relief ogf an eagle with wings upward in flight. The composition is angular with hard lines. There are several stars on the otherwise flat background. The American Eagle was created for the John Weld Peck Federal Building in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1964. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Type The nature or genre of the resource Sculpture Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant University Center (Mich.) American Eagle (Victory Eagle) Animal Animal Sculpture Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Model Plaster Plaster Model Relief https://omeka.svsu.edu/files/original/1991066_04955fbcda.jpg 359e41cf737b8bfd19f0f9f18e8f96e6 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 768 Width 190 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection Sculpture Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 206.5" x Materials Plaster full-scale Catalog Number 1991.066 Object Location Location of object in collection. Main Exhibit Gallery Provenance 1989 March, 22 Gift to Museum and SVSU Board of Control Notes Early Detroit: 1701-1760 was founded July 24, 1701, by Antoine de Lamoree Cadillac, who landed in this vicinity on that date. With him were one hundred Frenchmen and a like number of Indians. Cadillac took possession of the land in the name of Louis VBW. Here was built Fort Ponticellos to prevent English traders from using the water route to the upper Great Lakes. The site was on the peninsula between the Detroit River and Savoyard Creek. Huron, Ottawa and Potawatomi Indians accepted the invitation of Cadillac to settle near the fort. Detroit he wished to develop as an agricultural settlement. Mesdames Cadillac and Tony arrived later in 1701. Other families followed them. After Cadillac's removal in 1710, Detroit's growth was retarded for many years. In 1712 the French and their Indian allies fought and destroyed a band of Fox Indians camped north of the fort. The French crown encouraged the development of the colony in the 1740s by offering seed, livestock and farm equipment to settlers. The fort was enlarged in the 1750s. Detroit then had a French population of about one thousand, and farms lined the river above and below the fort as well as across the river. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Founding of Detroit Pylon [Plaster] Subject The topic of the resource Figure sculpture, American--20th century Description An account of the resource Founding of Detroit Pylon, 1950 Plaster original Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks 1991.066 The Victory Eagle on the facade of the Veterans Memorial Building in Detroit is 30 feet high and projects 4-½ feet from the wall in high relief. The museum displays the quarter-scale version and two of the seven free-standing pylons originally placed in front of the building along the walkway leading to the entrance. The pylons were later moved next to the building parallel to the facade. Twenty feet high and carved with incised relief, they depict scenes from important events in the city's history. Here, the Founding of Detroit Pylon and Civil War Pylon frame either side of The Victory Eagle. On the right, the Civil War Pylon shows Abraham Lincoln parting the North and South. Below are Generals Grant and Lee. The Founding of Detroit Pylon on the left depicts the French explorer, Antione de la Mothe de Cadillac, who founded Detroit in 1701. Below Cadillac is Father Gabriel Richard who made important contributions to the early spiritual, educational and cultural life of Detroit. Other pylons include Indian Wars, Battle of the Great Lakes, Spanish-American War, Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812, WWII, and the Peace pylon. The Peace pylon is engraved, "In the hearts of all mankind is the Eternal Hope for Universal Peace." Fredericks stated about the Victory Eagle: "The problem was to take a natural object, one especially familiar to everyone, and simplify it in form to something almost architectural in quality, absolutely abstract in form and line, to tie in with the masses and character of the building, yet retain the character and meaning of the natural object. Also, it was necessary to indicate power and motion of the eagle, still make it an integral part of the marble wall, solid yet mobile; an architectural entity, and yet imbue it with the spirit of life." As a result of this sculpture, Fredericks was awarded the American Institute of Arts Medal in 1952, a distinction awarded only five times between 1914 and 1998. In 1953, he was awarded an honorary life membership in the Michigan Society of Architects as the first sculptor to be honored by them. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Type The nature or genre of the resource Sculpture Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant University Center (Mich.) Founding of Detroit Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Model Plaster Plaster Model Relief Veterans Memorial Building https://omeka.svsu.edu/files/original/1991065_ed288dcbc0.jpg 613abafe00b0590e13ab23a71dc18a42 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 239 Width 1024 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection Sculpture Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 31" x 175" Materials Painted plaster full-scale Catalog Number 1991.065 Object Location Location of object in collection. Main Exhibit Gallery Provenance 1989 March, 22 Gift to Museum and SVSU Board of Control Notes From Jennifer Lentz (Collection Documentation Intern 1991-1992) Memo dated April 3, 1992: "RE: Industry and Employment Activities, Recreational Activities, Motion in Nature, Transportation by Man Molly gave me some information on these four reliefs. They were made at a time when a law had just gone into effect requiring that a specific portion of every appropriation for a public building be used for works of art. She did not know if it was a state or national law. She had the following information written down which was probably spoken by Mr. Fredericks. "Sculptural expression is clear and uncomplicated that the viewer should need no interpreter. - they a simple and lively expression which becomes as much literature as art. Each of the four compositions tell a story. In the Bureau of Employment Services Building lobby a plaque describes th work or industrial life of the state." (describing Industry and Employment Activities) Recreational Activities "describes the "goof life" and the joys of nature and recreation." Transportation by Man "expresses the movement in man and shows the evolution of Transportation from primitive beasts of burden to the modern expressway." MF archives: Marshall stated that these narrative reliefs were made when percentage-for-art programs came into existence. (This has to be confirmed.) The commissioning department officials stressed that the artwork should be "clear and uncomplicated." This excerpt may be from Fredericks: "Sculptural expression is clear and uncomplicated that the viewer should need no interpreter.-they are simple and lively expression which becomes as much as literature as art. Each of the 4 compositions tells a story (narratives). In the Bureau of Employment Services Building lobby: 'Industry and Employment Activities' describes the work or industrial life of the state (Ohio); 'Recreational Activities' describes the good life and the joys of nature and recreation; 'Motion in Nature' expresses the movement in nature and from each element of it, young people will take great enjoyment; 'Transportation by Man' expresses movement in man and shows the evolution of transportation from primitive beasts of burden to the modern expressway." Facts: They are considered 4th dimension because they show a progression of time lapsing and indicate movement/progression of a theme. The plasters in the museum were painted silver because they were going to be cast in aluminum and this gave Fredericks an idea of how they would appear. 1. Industry and Other Employment Activities Miner, construction worker, farmer with animals, tool and dye workers, and casting workers. 2. Recreational Activities Gardening, golfing, sail boating, badminton, canoeing, horseback riding or fox hunting because there are dogs, hunting (animals seen: moose, raccoons, bear, birds). 2-point perspective composition; three triangular forms: two outer are land and one in center is water. One is on land that is land cultivated by man, one is on water and the last is in the wild or woods-land not cultivated by man. 3. Motion in Nature A flow of animals in an elongated diamond like shape. They are dragonflies, butterflies, birds (geese and or ducks), gazelles, greyhounds, rabbits, dolphins and flying fish. 4. Transportation by Man Earliest modes of travel-animal power: horses, mules, camels, and elephants, Roman chariot, England's "coach and four," early American covered wagon, Alaska dogsled, three abstracted airplanes in the air with jet fume tails, early to modern motorized vehicles. Swirling streamlined forms that the images appear on are indicative of road and cloverleaf highway that is on the right side near the modern automobile; indicating the development of the modern highway with the modern automobile. Molly Barth copy: The next pieces are four reliefs, two on either side of the Christ figure on the wall. They are located at the Columbus, Ohio, State Buildings, there are two twin buildings and there are two reliefs on each one. The one on the upper left is entitled "Industry," you have the different forms of industry with mining, and a foundry, pouring the molten metal, the power plants, farming industry, and the casting the rubber tire. Down below, the next relief is "Recreation" and we have all forms, golfers, someone planting a garden, sailboats, tennis players, some equestrian riders, and of course, there is hunting. These are cast in aluminum, while ours are the plaster models, painted silver to indicate the material used in casting. On the other side of the Christ figure, the lower sculpture is entitled "Motion in Nature." It depicts everything from the dragon fly, on the left, to the geese and the swans, and the gazelles and the greyhounds and the rabbits and the flying fish on the right. The one up above it is titled "Man and Transportation," and it shows different forms of transportation, the donkey, or mule, the elephant, stagecoach, and the jets and the automobiles. These twin buildings that I mentioned, one is the Department of Employment and Industry, and it holds the first two reliefs; the second building is the Department of Transportation and it holds the Man and Transportation" and "Motion in Nature" sculptures. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation by Man [Plaster] Subject The topic of the resource Figure sculpture, American--20th century Animal sculpture--20th century Description An account of the resource TRANSPORTATION BY MAN, 1965 Plaster original painted silver Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks 1991.065 These four reliefs on either side of the Christ figure were designed for the Ohio bureau of Employment Services and Ohio Department of Transportation in Columbus, Ohio. Fredericks stated of these reliefs: "Sculptural expression is clear and uncomplicated that the viewer should need no interpreter. They are (a) simple and lively expression which becomes as much literature as art. Each of the 4 compositions tells a story. In the Bureau of Employment Services Building lobby: Industry and Employment Activities describes the work or industrial life of the state (Ohio); Recreational Activities describes the good life and the joys of nature and recreation; Motion in Nature expresses the movement in nature and from each element of it, young people will take great enjoyment; Transportation by Man expresses movement in man and shows the evolution of transportation from primitive beasts of burden to the modern expressway." The reliefs are located in two buildings; Motion in Nature and Transportation by Man are in the Ohio Department of Transportation. Industry and Employment Activities and Recreational Activities are located in the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services Building. Images of these reliefs can be seen in the book, Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, pages 164-165. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1965 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Type The nature or genre of the resource Sculpture Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant University Center (Mich.) Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Model Ohio Bureau of Employment Services and Ohio Department of Transportation Plaster Plaster Model Relief