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Sketch for "Indian and Wild Swans"
Photostat
2.5" x 4.25"
This sculptural group of an Indian and four swans is located on the façade of the Milwaukee Public Museum. Fredericks said of the design that the swans, “complement the simple surface (of the wall) with just the right…
2.5" x 4.25"
This sculptural group of an Indian and four swans is located on the façade of the Milwaukee Public Museum. Fredericks said of the design that the swans, “complement the simple surface (of the wall) with just the right…
Sketch for "Indians of the Ohio River Valley" for the Ohio Union Building at Ohio State University
Oil pencil on tracing paper
13.5" x 16.5"
One of six limestone reliefs for the Ohio Union Building, Ohio State University, Columbus.
The Ohio Union reliefs won an Honorable Mention in Sculpture from the Architectural League of New York in…
13.5" x 16.5"
One of six limestone reliefs for the Ohio Union Building, Ohio State University, Columbus.
The Ohio Union reliefs won an Honorable Mention in Sculpture from the Architectural League of New York in…
Sketch for "Industry and Other Employment Activities" for the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services and Ohio Department of Transportation
Graphite on tracing paper
11.75" x 9"
Fredericks designed these reliefs for the Ohio Bureau of Employment and Ohio Department of Transportation in Columbus, Ohio.
The architect of the building, Frederick H. Hobbs, Jr. described the project in…
11.75" x 9"
Fredericks designed these reliefs for the Ohio Bureau of Employment and Ohio Department of Transportation in Columbus, Ohio.
The architect of the building, Frederick H. Hobbs, Jr. described the project in…
Sketch for "Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Medallion"
Graphite on tracing paper
9" x 11.75"
Issued by the National Park Service and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association in connection with Eero Saarinen and Associates.
Face: Inscription, "Jefferson National Expansion Memorial St.…
9" x 11.75"
Issued by the National Park Service and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association in connection with Eero Saarinen and Associates.
Face: Inscription, "Jefferson National Expansion Memorial St.…
Sketch for "Leaping Gazelle"
Pencil on tracing paper
11.5" x 18"
In 1936, Fredericks won a National Award Competition to design a fountain for the Levi L. Barbour Memorial, located on Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Mounted 16 feet high on a granite…
11.5" x 18"
In 1936, Fredericks won a National Award Competition to design a fountain for the Levi L. Barbour Memorial, located on Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Mounted 16 feet high on a granite…
Sketch for "Lion and Monkey"
Pencil on steno pad paper
9" x 5.75"
Fredericks sculpted The Lion and Monkey in 1957. He soon changed the sculpture to The Lion and Mouse, thinking it would be easier for children to sit or slide on the lion’s knee.
The Lion and Monkey does…
9" x 5.75"
Fredericks sculpted The Lion and Monkey in 1957. He soon changed the sculpture to The Lion and Mouse, thinking it would be easier for children to sit or slide on the lion’s knee.
The Lion and Monkey does…
Sketch for "Machine Tool and Die Industry"
Graphite on tracing paper
15" x 13.75"
Sketch for one of the sixteen fiberglass polyester resin laminate reliefs for the Ford Rotunda, Dearborn, Michigan depicting industries related to the manufacture of automobiles.
The sixteen reliefs won…
15" x 13.75"
Sketch for one of the sixteen fiberglass polyester resin laminate reliefs for the Ford Rotunda, Dearborn, Michigan depicting industries related to the manufacture of automobiles.
The sixteen reliefs won…
Sketch for "Man and the Universe" for the University of Michigan Administration Building
Graphite on tracing paper
5" x 6.25"
Administration Building (now the Literature, Science and Arts Building) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Thirty cast aluminum, seven limestone and two bronze reliefs decorate the façades…
5" x 6.25"
Administration Building (now the Literature, Science and Arts Building) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Thirty cast aluminum, seven limestone and two bronze reliefs decorate the façades…
Sketch for "Mankind and Primates (The Family of Man)"
Graphite and ink on tracing paper
10" x 13.75"
The aluminum relief is located in the Holden Amphitheater and Great Ape House at the Detroit Zoological Institute.
Note: The building was replaced by a new primate center in the 1980s
Drawing…
10" x 13.75"
The aluminum relief is located in the Holden Amphitheater and Great Ape House at the Detroit Zoological Institute.
Note: The building was replaced by a new primate center in the 1980s
Drawing…
Sketch for "Mariner's Monument"
Graphite on tracing paper
18.75" x 23.5"
Study for "Mariner's Monument". Possibly unrealized.
18.75" x 23.5"
Study for "Mariner's Monument". Possibly unrealized.