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Plaster model for "David Mathias Dennison Portrait Relief"
Plaster model for portrait plaque of David Mathias Dennison, physicist and teacher. The bronze of which is located in the David M. Dennison Building at the University of Michigan.
Plaster model for "Day" from "Night and Day Fountain"
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…
Plaster model for "Don Quixote" with various maquettes in 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.
Plaster model for "Eastern Civilization" for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
In this plaster 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 elephant-headed…
In the center of the sculpture is the elephant-headed…
Plaster model for "Flying Pterodactyls"
Plaster model for "Flying Pterodactyls" - head to tail: 92 inches; wingspan: 137 inches. Located at the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Plaster model for "Flying Wild Geese"
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…
Plaster model for "French Explorer"
One of a series of four reliefs created by Fredericks as part of a competition for a government building commission in Louisiana. The state’s rich heritage provided Fredericks’ with the themes for these reliefs: the Mississippi River, French…
Plaster model for "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…
Plaster model for "Great Seal of the United States"
The medal features an American eagle, with an escutcheon, or shield, on its breast symbolizes self-reliance. The thirteen vertical stripes on the escutcheon derive from the flag of 1777. The eagle grasps an olive branch with 13 leaves and 13 olives…
Plaster model for "Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Medallion"
1965, minted in bronze and silver, diameter 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 inches, issued by the National Park Service and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association in connection with Eero Saarinen and Associates.
Face: Inscription, "Jefferson…
Face: Inscription, "Jefferson…