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Close-up of "Flying Wild Geese" behind a stone wall at an unidentified private residence
Atop a wooded hill overlooking a small pond in Detroit’s Elmwood Cemetery stands a memorial to the late attorney turned industrialist Alvan Macauley. Commissioned by his wife and son soon after his death in 1952, the sculpture reflects Macauley’s…
Close-up of "Freedom of the Human" during its restoration
The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of…
Close-up of "Indian and Wild Swans" on the facade of the Milwaukee Public Museum
This sculptural group of an Indian and four swans is located on the façade of the Milwaukee Public Museum.
Fredericks said of the design that the swans, “complement the simple surface (of the wall) with just the right dignified accent…(they…
Fredericks said of the design that the swans, “complement the simple surface (of the wall) with just the right dignified accent…(they…
Close-up of "Indians of the Ohio River Valley" from the Ohio Union Building at Ohio State University
One of six limestone reliefs for the Ohio Union Building, Ohio State University, Columbus.
The Ohio Union reliefs won an Honorable Mention in Sculpture from the Architectural League of New York in 1955.
The Ohio Union reliefs won an Honorable Mention in Sculpture from the Architectural League of New York in 1955.
Close-up of "Leaping Gazelle" at an unidentified private residence
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…
Close-up of "Leaping Gazelle" from "Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain" - rear view
Located in Belle Isle's Rose Garden, the sculpture stands sixteen feet tall atop a granite pedestal. A wheeling bronze gazelle is the focal point of the fountain and the four smaller figures on the granite basin depict a hawk, grouse, rabbit and…
Close-up of "Lizard" - side view
Figure from "Japanese Goldfish, Lizard and Frog Fountain," 1937-38, bronze. Located at Thornlea, Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Close-up of "Lord Byron" in "Marshall Fredericks: An Exhibition of His Sculpture"
"Marshall Fredericks: An Exhibition of His Sculpture" at the Robert L. Kidd Associates/Galleries in Birmingham, Michigan - November 10-December 3, 1994.
Close-up of "Night and Day Fountain" and "Sculptured Clock" at Henry J. McMorran Auditiorium
The Henry J. McMorran Auditorium in Port Huron, Michigan commissioned the Night and Day Fountain as well as a gold anodized aluminum Sculptured Clock for the building. Completed two years before the fountain’s installation, Fredericks conceived…
Close-up of "Night" and "Day" figures at "Milles as Mentor" exhibit at the Cranbrook Art Museum
The "Milles as Mentor" exhibit at the Cranbrook Art Museum featured two pieces from Marshall Fredericks, "Leaping Gazelle" and the figures from "Night and Day Fountain". The exhibit ran from May 21-December 2, 1990.