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An unidentified man with the plaster model of the hand from "Christ on the Cross" in the greenhouse studio
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,…
An unidentified man with the plaster models for "The Expanding Universe Fountain" and "Two Sisters" 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,…
An unidentified man working on the plaster model of "Night" from "Night and Day Fountain" 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,…
An unidentified man, United States Ambassador to Sweden Thomas L. Siebert and Marshall Fredericks at an event in Sweden
An unidentified man, United States Ambassador to Sweden Thomas L. Siebert and Marshall Fredericks at an event in Sweden - part of the festivities for the dedication of "God on the Rainbow" (Gud Fader På Himmelsbågan).
An unidentified priest observes the installation of "Christ on the Cross" from the outdoor church
Bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross†for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
An unidentified woman admires "Leaping Gazelle"
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 woman admires "Wings of the Morning" at Brookgreen Gardens
The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…
An unidentified woman admiring the "Sir Winston Churchill Memorial" at the Grand Bahama Port Authority in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island
This portrait head of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) is four times the size of life in heroic-scale. Compared with the idealized style of most of Fredericks' works, his portrait style is more realistic though simplified.
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An unidentified woman pretends to kiss "The Thinker" at Cranbrook Art Museum
Fredericks created this sculpture at the request of George Gough Booth, the founder of Cranbrook Educational Community, who wanted a “Thinker†for the steps of the Cranbrook Art Museum similar to Auguste Rodin’s renowned Thinker, a cast of…
An unidentified woman shows Marshall Fredericks a purse at the Tivoli Fair
Marshall Fredericks at the opening of the second annual Tivoli Fair sponsored by the Northville Historical Society.