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Leg and hoof from "Leaping Gazelle" with streaking
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…
Leg armature with wooden lathe for "Acrobat" clown
The armature for "Acrobat†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.
Legs and base for one of the "Clowns" partially covered in plasteline
Armature for one of the “Clowns†- includes: "Acrobat", "Circus Clown", "Juggler" and "Lovesick Clown (Pagliacci)".
Legs for full-scale bronze "Christ on the Cross"
Full-scale bronze legs on floor of studio for "Christ on the Cross" for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Legs for full-scale bronze "Christ on the Cross" standing upright on studio floor
Bronze legs for "Christ on the Cross" for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Legs of plaster model for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster model for “Christ on the Cross†which was later installed at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum at Saginaw Valley State University.
Letter of Introduction
Letter of introduction from Alfred Mewett, Registrar at the Cleveland School of Art for Marshall M. Fredericks. It states that "Marshall Fredericks is visiting Europe for the purpose of furthering his art studies. He is the winner of a travelling…
Lettering for plaque for "Freedom of the Human Spirit" at Shain Park
Graphite on tracing paper
20.5" x 27.5"
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…
20.5" x 27.5"
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…
Leveling "Two Bears" at Interlochen Center for the Arts
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…
Notice the differences in the…
Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain" - June 1973
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…