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Marshall Fredericks poses with the plaster head and shoulders from the female figure for "Star Dream Fountain" and several small bronze sculptures in the studio
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 allegorical work symbolizes man's…
Marshall Fredericks poses with the plaster model for "Two Bears"
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.
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Marshall Fredericks poses with the plaster model of the bear for "The Boy and Bear" in his Royal Oak studio
Marshall Fredericks poses with the full-scale plaster model for "The Boy and Bear" for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield, Michigan. Designed by Victor Gruen, Northland is one of the world's first shopping centers.
Marshall Fredericks poses with the plaster models for the "Sir Winston Churchill Memorial" and the "John F. Kennedy Memorial" in his Royal Oak studio
Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.
Marshall Fredericks poses with the scale made for the central figure of the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
Scale model for the central figure of the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life" in Fredericks' Royal Oak, Michigan studio.
Marshall Fredericks posing with plasteline model for "Baboon Playing a Mandolin"
Marshall M. Fredericks posing with the full-size plasteline model for "Baboon Playing a Mandolin" in his Bloomfield Hills (Greenhouse), Michigan studio.
Marshall Fredericks presents Ambassador Dyvig with the "Flying Wild Geese Medallion" at 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,…
Marshall Fredericks presents Princess Benedikte of Denmark with a small-scale bronze of "The Spirit of Detroit" at the DIADEM banquet in Copenhagen
The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…
Marshall Fredericks pulling away the sheet covering "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain) at its dedication in Heritage Park
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.…
Marshall Fredericks receives a medal from King Carl XVI Gustaf at a reception following the dedication of "God on the Rainbow" (Gud Fader På Himmelsbågan)
Based on a 1946 sketch by Carl Milles for a peace monument intended for the United Nations Building in New York, Fredericks’ enlargement now stands at the entrance to Stockholm Harbor, a project spearheaded by Cilla Jahn, in collaboration with…