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Ferd Prucke with "Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants" (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…
Ferd Prucke and Trord Finslort admire "Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants" (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…
Marshall Fredericks with the plasteline model of "Mercury"
The Roman god Mercury was a messenger for the gods and patron of racing and athletes. His special duty was to conduct the souls of the dead to the underworld. In time he also became the Roman god of commerce and merchants. His attributes were…
Nickel "Mercury"
The Roman god Mercury was a messenger for the gods and patron of racing and athletes. His special duty was to conduct the souls of the dead to the underworld. In time he also became the Roman god of commerce and merchants. His attributes were…
Side view of nickel "Mercury"
The Roman god Mercury was a messenger for the gods and patron of racing and athletes. His special duty was to conduct the souls of the dead to the underworld. In time he also became the Roman god of commerce and merchants. His attributes were…
Front view of nickel "Mercury"
The Roman god Mercury was a messenger for the gods and patron of racing and athletes. His special duty was to conduct the souls of the dead to the underworld. In time he also became the Roman god of commerce and merchants. His attributes were…
Nickel "Mercury" atop a pedestal
The Roman god Mercury was a messenger for the gods and patron of racing and athletes. His special duty was to conduct the souls of the dead to the underworld. In time he also became the Roman god of commerce and merchants. His attributes were…
"Michigan Horticultural Society Medal"
1941, minted in bronze, gold fill, and silver, diameter 3 inches, Michigan Horticultural Society, East Lansing, Michigan.
Face: Bas-relief of sun and rain behind man planting a tree.
Reverse: Inscription, "Michigan Horticultural Society," with…
Face: Bas-relief of sun and rain behind man planting a tree.
Reverse: Inscription, "Michigan Horticultural Society," with…
"Mouse" from "The Lion and Mouse"
"The Lion and Mouse" was commissioned by the J. L. Hudson Company for the Eastland Mall in Harper Woods, Michigan. The lion is carved from limestone and the mouse is gold-plated bronze. Fredericks based this sculpture on the Aesop (c. 620 - c.…
Bronze "Mouse" from "The Lion and Mouse"
“The Lion and Mouse†was commissioned by the J. L. Hudson Company for the Eastland Mall in Harper Woods, Michigan. The lion is carved from limestone and the mouse is gold-plated bronze. Fredericks based this sculpture on the Aesop (c. 620 -…