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The sphere from the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life" being lowered into position
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country. Located within the basin are four granite carvings…
The Spirit of Detroit aboard the ocean liner
Thomas Schulte for its journey to 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…
The Spirit of Detroit is loaded onto the ocean liner Thomas Schulte in Oslo, Norway for its journey across the Atlantic Ocean and up the St. Lawrence Seaway to 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…
The station wagon carrying the plasteline model for "Acrobat" clown driving down the road
The plasteline model for "Acrobat" clown – one of the “Clownsâ€.
The tail from "Flying Pterodactyls" is measured
Bronze on granite, 16 feet including base. Located at the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan.
The truck transporting "The Spirit of Detroit" arrives at the City-County Building
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…
The two halves of the plaster model for "Juggler" clown's torso
The plaster mold for "Juggler†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.
The Ugly Duckling from "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain) at Danish Village
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This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular story, The Ugly Duckling. Unlike Fredericks' portrayals of other literary subjects, this sculpture illustrates not one moment in the story, but two.…
The underside of "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…
The unveiling of "Leaping Gazelle" at Saginaw Valley State University
Mrs. Dorothy (Honey) Arbury studied with Fredericks when she attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1930s. She met him through her uncle, Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect in Midland,…