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Unidentified sketches, possibly early concepts for the sculpture outside the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles at the Detroit Zoological Institute
Graphite on paper
5" x 8"
Unidentified sketches, possibly for "Flying Pterodactyls" and "The Friendly Dragon". Sketches may be early concepts for the sculpture outside the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles at the Detroit Zoological Institute.
5" x 8"
Unidentified sketches, possibly for "Flying Pterodactyls" and "The Friendly Dragon". Sketches may be early concepts for the sculpture outside the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles at the Detroit Zoological Institute.
Sketch for "The Friendly Dragon"
Graphite on tracing paper
8.5" x 11"
“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…
8.5" x 11"
“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…
Sketch of Virgin and Unicorn with apple
Graphite on paper
5" x 8"
Sketch of Virgin and Unicorn with apple, possible early sketch for "The Princess and the Unicorn".
5" x 8"
Sketch of Virgin and Unicorn with apple, possible early sketch for "The Princess and the Unicorn".
Unidentified sketch, possibly for "Siberian Ram"
Pencil on yellow drawing paper
5.5" x 8.5"
Fredericks first completed Siberian Ram in 1941, but a 24-inch tall sculpture installed in 1966 at the rose garden of the Henry Ford estate in Dearborn, Michigan is the first documented bronze…
5.5" x 8.5"
Fredericks first completed Siberian Ram in 1941, but a 24-inch tall sculpture installed in 1966 at the rose garden of the Henry Ford estate in Dearborn, Michigan is the first documented bronze…
Unidentified sketches, possibly for "Sheep (The Guests Have Arrived)" and "Susanna and the Mirror"
Pencil on yellow drawing paper
5.5" x 8.5"
Unidentified sketches, possibly for "Sheep (The Guests Have Arrived)" or for unrealized sculpture featuring sheep with satyr. Sketches on verso feature seated female nude, possibly for "Susanna and the…
5.5" x 8.5"
Unidentified sketches, possibly for "Sheep (The Guests Have Arrived)" or for unrealized sculpture featuring sheep with satyr. Sketches on verso feature seated female nude, possibly for "Susanna and the…
Sketches for "Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit"
Pencil on yellow drawing paper
5.5" x 8.5"
Originally created to support the Tower of the Four Winds, Black Elk Neihardt Park, Blair, Nebraska. The Peace Pipe points from the Heart of Man to the Heart of God. Black Elk prays through tears, "Oh,…
5.5" x 8.5"
Originally created to support the Tower of the Four Winds, Black Elk Neihardt Park, Blair, Nebraska. The Peace Pipe points from the Heart of Man to the Heart of God. Black Elk prays through tears, "Oh,…
Sketches for "Colt and Pigs," "Steers," "Sheep (The Guests Have Arrived)," and "Cotton Pickers"
Pencil on yellow drawing paper
5.5" x 5.75"
Fredericks designed this series for a national products 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…
5.5" x 5.75"
Fredericks designed this series for a national products 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…
Sketch for "Saints and Sinners"
Pencil on yellow drawing paper
5.5" x 8.5"
Fredericks created the thirty-inch tall The Saints and Sinners in 1939 while at Cranbrook.
These seven figures are in the style of jamb statues found in the portals of Gothic cathedrals. Attached to…
5.5" x 8.5"
Fredericks created the thirty-inch tall The Saints and Sinners in 1939 while at Cranbrook.
These seven figures are in the style of jamb statues found in the portals of Gothic cathedrals. Attached to…
Sketches for "Hawk" for "Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain"
Pencil on yellow drawing paper
5.5" x 8.5"
Sketches for "Hawk" for "Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain" located in Belle Isle's Rose Garden.
5.5" x 8.5"
Sketches for "Hawk" for "Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain" located in Belle Isle's Rose Garden.
Sketch for "Star Dream Fountain"
Graphite and ink on paper
5" x 8"
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…
5" x 8"
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…