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Template for medallions and portrait plaques. A pin can be placed in the center and can be fastened to clay and then the template is spun around 360 degrees to rough out the shape.

Template for medallions and portrait plaques. A pin can be placed in the center and can be fastened to clay and then the template is spun around 360 degrees to rough out the shape.

Template for medallions and portrait plaques. There is a pin in the center that can be fastened to clay and then the template is spun around 360 degrees to rough out the shape.

Template for medallions and portrait plaques. There is a pin in the center that can be fastened to clay and then the template is spun around 360 degrees to rough out the shape.

Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned to design sculpture for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield. At the time it opened in 1954, Northland was the country's largest shopping center as well as the first regional shopping center. The…

The Boy and Bear, 1954
Maquette
Bronze, cast c. 1987

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.134

Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned to design sculpture for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield. At the time it opened…

The Boy and Bear, 1954
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.006

Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned by the J.L. Hudson Company to design sculpture for Northland Center in Southfield, Michigan. At the…

The Expanding Universe, 1964
(Man and the Expanding Universe)
Quarter scale model
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.008

This is the quarter-scale model for The Expanding Universe (Man and the Expanding…

THE FORD EMPIRE, 1954
Copper, brass, and aluminum on wood

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.082

This is the small scale model of The Ford Empire relief. It was located at the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit…

The head of The Spirit of Detroit, 1958
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.035

This is the only surviving portion of the full-scale plaster original model for The Spirit of Detroit, a sixteen-foot tall bronze…