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Rebild National Park Society, American Eagle and Danish Crest [Plaster]
REBILD NATIONAL PARK SOCIETY MEDALLION, 1972
Plaster original
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
Reverse of medallion - Lincoln log cabin
1991.098
Obverse of medallion - American eagle and the Danish…
Plaster original
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
Reverse of medallion - Lincoln log cabin
1991.098
Obverse of medallion - American eagle and the Danish…
Rebild Committee at the White House
The Rebild Committee at the White House on May 2, 1972.
Rear/side view of the small-scale plaster model for "Star Dream Fountain"
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
Rear/side view of the quarter-scale plasteline model for "The Spirit of Detroit"
The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…
Rear/side view of the plaster model of "Reptile" for the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Mrs. Dorothy (Honey) Arbury studied with Fredericks when she attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1930s. She met him through her uncle, Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect in Midland,…
Rear/side view of the plasteline model of the female figure for "Star Dream Fountain" with the plaster model in the background
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
Rear/side view of the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" in the greenhouse studio
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
Rear/side view of the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon"
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon…
Rear/side view of the plasteline model for "Sun Worshipper" in the greenhouse studio
Enlarged from 1937 small-scale model. The full-scale bronze casting is in a private collection.
Rear/side view of the leg armature for "Star Dream Fountain" covered in plasteline
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…