Marshall Fredericks designed these in hopes of getting a commission to be placed on a building out west. These are the only sketch models in the scale on one inch to one foot. They were intended to be about ten feet high.
Marshall Fredericks designed these in hopes of getting a commission to be placed on a building out west. These are the only sketch models in the scale on one inch to one foot. They were intended to be about ten feet high.
Male and female ride in Ford Model S car in top center. 2 children running along side of the car. There are pigs in the lower left corner, chickens on the lower right corner, and birds in the upper left corner.
Plaster relief of Old Man River, represented as a nude male figure similar to classical Greek or Roman sculpture. In his left hand he carries a fish and in his right, raised above his head, is what looks like a tray of food. At his side is an…
Patinated plaster. This is a sketch model for the 1938 Radio City Music Hall Competition. Plaster relief model with oak frame. 2 female nude figures in center with raised arms Bottom has continuous relief of airplanes, men taking photos, men at…
Plaster relief. Standing one foot on land and the other in water, the French Explorer, stands with left hand to the sky. He has a ship between his legs.
A plaster relief represented by a nude male with a beard, similar to classical Greek or Roman sculpture, holding a steam ship in one hand and a fish in the other, a large crocodile is under his right foot.
Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned by the J.L. Hudson Company to design sculpture for Northland Center in Southfield, Michigan. At the time it opened in 1954, Northland was the country’s largest shopping center as well as the first…