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Side/front view of the plasteline model for "The Princess and the Unicorn"
1965, small-scale plasteline study for large fountain, 26 1/2 inches, never enlarged to full-scale.
Side/front view of the quarter-scale plasteline model for "The Spirit of Detroit"
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…
Side/interior view of plaster molds for "Baboon Playing a Mandolin"
Plaster molds for "Baboon Playing a Mandolin" in Marshall Fredericks' Bloomfield Hills (Greenhouse), Michigan studio. A bronze casting of this work is in the children's garden, Community House, Birmingham, Michigan.
Side/rear view of "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…
Side/rear view of "Star Dream Fountain" - plaster small-scale model
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…
Side/rear view of "Star Dream Fountain" - small-scale model, plaster
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…
Side/rear view of "Star Dream Fountain" in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan - 1997
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…
Side/rear view of "The Expanding Universe Fountain"
This fountain celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and mystery of the…
Side/rear view of armature for "Sun Worshipper" partially covered in plasteline
Enlarged from 1937 small-scale model. The full-scale bronze casting is in a private collection.
Side/rear view of small-scale plaster model for "Star Dream Fountain" for Barbara Hallman Plaza
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…