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An unidentifed man at the podium during the American-Scandinavian Foundation party honoring Marshall Fredericks2.tif
American-Scandinavian Foundation party honoring Marshall Fredericks at the Finnish Club in February 1986.

An unidentifed man speaking at the American-Scandinavian Foundation party honoring Marshall Fredericks.tif
American-Scandinavian Foundation party honoring Marshall Fredericks at the Finnish Club in February 1986.

An unidentified assistant working on preparing a plaster figure for Saints and Sinners for the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum in the greenhous studio.tif
Fredericks opened the "Greenhouse" and the "Stable" studio in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1960 as an extension of his Royal Oak studio.

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Fredericks opened the "Greenhouse" and the "Stable" studio in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1960 as an extension of his Royal Oak studio.

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Fredericks opened the "Greenhouse" and the "Stable" studio in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1960 as an extension of his Royal Oak studio.

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In this full-scale model, Fredericks portrays Eastern culture with a god identified as Buddha. Leaning over his shoulder is the monkey god, Hanuman, who symbolizes loyalty, courage and strength.

In the center of the sculpture is the…

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Fredericks designed this large friendly appearing frog as a children’s slide. The original cast of this sculpture was located at the Hudson wing of the Genesee Valley Shopping Center in Flint, Michigan for 16 years where children did use it as a…

An unidentified child sits on Two Bears at Interlochen Center for the Arts.jpg
In this sculpture, a large brown and small black bear sit back to back in quiet thought. Although in nature these two animals are enemies, Fredericks portrays the two in a gentle humanistic way, stressing tolerance.

Notice the differences in the…

An unidentified couple pose with Leaping Gazelle at their residence.tif
In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…

An unidentified couple pose with Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling.tif
This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular story, The Ugly Duckling. Unlike Fredericks' portrayals of other literary subjects, this sculpture illustrates not one moment in the story, but two.…
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