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Two plaster bases for 1/3 scale. One base has "I, II, III, 4 and 5" written on it as well as a small pink package that has "spaces between base swan feal" written on it.

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Wood crate with "this side up", "marshall Fredericksburg wild geese", "flying wild geese", and "fragile" written on outside of crate. There is an orange sticker from Bedi Makky on the crate as well. There is also a wrapped package (not in crate) …

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Full-scale head for Chief Pontiac. Plaster relief with galvanized pipe on the back to hold the relief together.

Cast for Community Bank, Pontiac, MI (now the 30 North Building) in 1964, this piece is the model for the head of the 20' tall…

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Plaster eagle with wings spread perched upon a wreath like object. Small-scale model for the Ann Arbor Eagle.

"When asked to do a war memorial for the University of Michigan in 1950, he turned again to the symbolic eagle, which he had used in…

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The compact, monolithic form of the Siberian Ram contrasts with the more open composition of the Leaping Gazelle (#16), although both have spherical contours and strong curvilinear design elements. Both are evocative. Some viewers perceive them as…

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Installed in 1991, dedicated October 5, 1991, moved to sculpture garden in 2013

Although the first clowns date back to ancient times, the descendants of modern clowns were the traveling minstrels of the Middle Ages. They wore brightly colored…

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This is the full-scale model of one figure for Fredericks' Baboon Fountain for the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, New York. The five baboons and baby baboon were created for the Glass Industries Building at the 1939 New York World's…

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This is the full-scale model of one figure for Fredericks' Baboon Fountain for the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, New York. The five baboons and baby baboon were created for the Glass Industries Building at the 1939 New York World's…

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Small bronze model given to the MFSM by Mr. and Mrs. Leland Doan.


In 1976 Fredericks enlarged these figures from the thirty-inch tall version that he created while at Cranbrook in 1939. These seven figures are in the style of jamb statues found…

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Two extra decorative balls for the three clowns in the sculpture garden. They are threaded and patinated and ready to install if needed.
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