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Side view of full-scale bronze "Wings of the Morning" (Edgar B. Flint Memorial) at the foundry prior to patinization
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The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…
Side view of full-scale bronze "Wings of the Morning" (Edgar B. Flint Memorial) in Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church Columbarium surrounded by snow
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The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…
Side view of full-scale plasteline model of "Juggler" clown
The plasteline model for "Juggler†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.
Side view of full-scale plaster model of "Christ on the Cross" lying on its back
Fredericks opened the "Greenhouse" and the "Stable" studio in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1960 as an extension of his Royal Oak studio.
Side view of limestone and plaster lions for "The Lion and Mouse"
This sculpture illustrates the well known Aesop Fable of “The Lion and the Mouse.†Fredericks’ rendition depicts the end of the story in which the tiny mouse returns the king of the jungle’s kindness by saving him from a hunter’s…
Side view of marble "Torso of a Dancer"
After modeling the Torso of a Dancer in about 1934, Fredericks carved it in Belgian black marble for the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He subsequently used the original plaster model to create several bronze casts.
The nude…
The nude…
