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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
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Black and white print
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3.5" x 5"
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The station wagon carrying the plasteline model for "Acrobat" clown driving down the road
Subject
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Clowns in art
Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Description
An account of the resource
The plasteline model for "Acrobat" clown – one of the “Clownsâ€.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 8 Folder 24
Date
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1990-10
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
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V-08-24
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image/jpeg
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Image
Acrobat
Acrobat Clown
Animal
Animal Sculpture
Clown
Clowns
Dog
Model
Plasteline
Plasteline Model
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
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Black and white print
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3.5" x 5"
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Title
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The tail from "Flying Pterodactyls" is measured
Subject
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Animal sculpture--20th century.
Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Detroit Zoological Institute
Outdoor sculpture--United States.
Pterodactyls
Public sculpture, American
Sculpture--Conservation and restoration--United States.
Description
An account of the resource
Bronze on granite, 16 feet including base. Located at the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 10 Folder 33
Date
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n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
Relation
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V-10-33
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image/jpeg
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Image
Animal
Animal Sculpture
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Detroit Zoological Institute
Flying Pterodactyls
Holden Museum of Living Reptiles
Michigan
Outdoor
Outdoor Sculpture
Pterodactyls
Public
Public Sculpture
Royal Oak
Sculpture
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Title
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Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Objects Collection
Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
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23.75" x 15.5" x 15.25"
Materials
Bronze full-scale
Travertine base
Catalog Number
1991.001
Object Location
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Outside Museum entrance
Provenance
1988 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Arbury
Notes
Note: One of Frederick's personal books was titled "The Great Ape" by Robert and Ada Yerkes can be found in the Sculptor's Studio on a work table.
Note: Apparently Booth didn't see it until dedication day and had no idea of what it would be even though he asked for a Thinker. At the time in America (1930s) the Darwin theories were hot news and then you have many museums who wanted to have one at the entrance to their museum. I'm sure that Booth was impressed with the DIA's Thinker and wanted one, too.
From Jennifer Lentz (Collection Documentation Intern 1991-1992)
Memo dated September 18, 1991
"RE: I Spoke with Mrs. Suture who told me the date on the plaque is September 12, 1965. She is going to contact me with further information on it including height."
Molly Barth copy:
At the entrance to the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Gallery to the right of the doors is the bronze "Thinker." Mr. Booth, the founder Cranbrook, wanted a "Thinker," just like August Rodin's "Thinker" for the steps of the art museum at Cranbrook, and he came to Fredericks and asked if he could do a "Thinker" for Cranbrook. Fredericks tried different things, but, of course, to copy Rodin's "Thinker" in any way was unthinkable. So, Fredericks made this chimpanzee, and Mr. Booth came into his studio and looked at it for a moment, and said, "It just may be he's thinking far more interesting thoughts than we are. I'll take it!" It's there today, on the steps of the art museum there at Cranbrook, carved in black granite. We have a later bronze cast. This "Thinker" has a brown patina. Visitors may feel and touch this bronze; but please do not touch the other sculptures inside the gallery - particularly the white plaster models.
From 1995 Mary Iorio of Cranbrook, interview with Fredericks: Fredericks had a pet monkey while at Cleveland School of Art.
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The Thinker [Bronze]
Subject
The topic of the resource
Animal sculpture--20th century
Apes in art
Description
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The Thinker is a bronze sculpture of a seated chimpanzee with arms folded and legs crossed. His head rests on his proper right hand and is tilted back slightly giving the appearance of being in deep thought.
LABEL:
The Thinker, 1938 Bronze, cast 1988
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Arbury 1991.001
Fredericks created this sculpture after George Gough Booth, the founder of Cranbrook Educational Community, asked him to make a "Thinker" for the steps of the Cranbrook Art Museum similar to Auguste Rodin's renowned Thinker, a cast of which is on the steps of the Detroit Institute of Arts. The pose Fredericks' Thinker assumes is a direct reference to Rodin's sculpture; however, Fredericks' replacement of Rodin's heroic male nude with a bemused chimpanzee is a thought provoking variation on the earlier statue. Fredericks' choice of a chimpanzee reveals his fondness for primates. Fredericks indicated that when Booth saw the compact composition of the chimp stroking his chin, he commented that it was not like Rodin would have done, but Booth was sure the chimp was thinking much more interesting thoughts than most of us are.
Creator
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Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1988
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Type
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Sculpture
Identifier
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1991.001
Coverage
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University Center (Mich.)
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://flic.kr/p/aFfST3"><strong>The Thinker, Brookgreen Gardens, Pawley's Island, SC<br /></strong></a>
<a href="https://flic.kr/p/aFfSTy"><strong>The Thinker, Foreign Ministry Building, Copenhagen, Denmark</strong></a>
<a href="https://flic.kr/p/aFfSSG"><strong>Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS</strong></a>
<a href="https://flic.kr/p/aFfSY9"><strong>The Thinker, Millesgarden, Lidingo, Sweden</strong></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/marshallfredericks/6350712853/in/set-72157628015891879"><strong>The Thinker, Holstebro, Denmark</strong></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/marshallfredericks/5915045743/in/set-72157627146083402"><strong>The Thinker, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, University Center, MI</strong></a>
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Animal
Animal Sculpture
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Chimpanzee
Monkey
The Thinker
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Title
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The Tower of the Four Winds front plate
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series II, Box 2, Folder 22
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II-02-22
Format
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image/jpeg
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Image
Date
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n.d.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Black Elk, 1863-1950.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Description
An account of the resource
"Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit" was originally created to support the Tower of the Four Winds, Black Elk Neihardt Park, Blair, Nebraska. The Peace Pipe points from the Heart of Man to the Heart of God. Black Elk prays through tears, "Oh, make my people live."
Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Black and white print
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4.5" x 10"
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The truck transporting "The Spirit of Detroit" arrives at the City-County Building
Subject
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Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Detroit (Mich.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Description
An account of the resource
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 to the building, the sculpture depicts the cultural and religious spirit of the Detroit community. At the time, The Spirit of Detroit was said to be the largest sculpture cast in Europe since the Renaissance period (1400 – 1600). It stands sixteen feet high and twenty-two feet across from fingertip to fingertip.
On the Vermont marble wall behind the figure are the official seals of Wayne County, Michigan and the City of Detroit. Engraved on the wall is a verse from II Corinthians: â€Now the Lord is that Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty.†Designed to continue the thought indicated in the inscription on the wall, the sculpture is in the form of a kneeling man with outstretched arms. In his right hand he holds a father, mother and child representing family, which, according to Fredericks, is “probably the noblest human relationship.†In his left hand, the figure bears a sphere with rays emanating from it signifying deity. Fredericks chose the sphere because it is an object complete in itself with no beginning and no end.
This sculpture took Fredericks four years to complete and meant a great deal to the sculptor, who once remarked, “I pray only that this work in some small way inspire those who see it.†Fredericks appears to have gotten his wish as the citizens of Detroit immediately embraced this giant figure as the city’s cultural icon by giving it the affectionate nickname, “The Jolly Green Giant.†The sculpture is also frequently dressed in local sporting teams’ jerseys during playoff action, and The Spirit of Detroit’s image appears as the central element in the logos of the city’s departments and services.
Creator
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Moellmann, Wilfried
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 20 Folder 14
Publisher
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Dearborn Machinery Movers
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1958
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the creator.
Relation
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V-20-14
Format
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image/jpeg
Language
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eng
Type
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Image
Identifier
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4745
Coverage
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Detroit (Mich.)
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Figure
Figure sculpture
Sculpture
The Spirit of Detroit
Transportation
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Color print
Physical Dimensions
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4" x 6"
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Title
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The two halves of the plaster model for "Juggler" clown's torso
Subject
The topic of the resource
Artists' studios--United States.
Clowns in art
Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Description
An account of the resource
The plaster mold for "Juggler†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 8 Folder 25
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
Relation
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V-08-25
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Identifier
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62
Coverage
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Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)
Clown
Clowns
Juggler
Juggler Clown
Mold
Plaster
Plaster Mold
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Black and white print
Physical Dimensions
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8" x 10"
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Title
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The Ugly Duckling from "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain) at Danish Village
Subject
The topic of the resource
Animal sculpture--20th century.
Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Fountains.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Outdoor sculpture--United States.
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Fredericks placed the unhappy duckling driven from place to place because of his ugliness at the base of the fountain. Located above is the beautiful swan he grew to be.
Fredericks emphasized the difference between the young and mature bird. The earthbound duckling is awkward and heavy, with stubby wings and tail while the swan soars overhead in an open form which appears almost weightless. Fredericks originally conceived this sculpture for the Danish Village retirement home in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
A bronze cast of this sculpture is located in Skælskor, Denmark where Hans Christian Andersen lived and penned “The Little Mermaid,†“The Ugly Duckling,†and many other children’s stories.
Creator
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Hartwick, Maurice C.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 17 Folder 5
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the creator.
Relation
A related resource
V-17-05
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Coverage
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Rochester Hills (Mich.)
Animal
Animal Sculpture
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Danish Village
Duck
Fountain
Michigan
Nordic Swan
Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling
Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain)
Outdoor
Outdoor Sculpture
Rochester Hills
Sculpture
Swan
Ugly Duckling
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Color print
Physical Dimensions
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4" x 6"
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Title
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The underside of "Leaping Gazelle"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Animal sculpture--20th century.
Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Sculpture--Conservation and restoration--United States.
Description
An account of the resource
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 public park, bequeathed $20,000 to the city for the purpose of erecting some permanent structure on Belle Isle as a “continual hint to [his] fellow citizens to devote themselves to the benefit and pleasure of the public.â€
Open to all Detroit-area sculptors with approved credentials and others with a national reputation, the competition received entries from twenty-six sculptors. Chosen by a unanimous vote, Fredericks’ winning model featured a wounded or leaping antelope which “attempt[ed] to show the beauty in the excitement, or even death, of nature,†according to the artist. Fredericks surrounded the central figure with four smaller figures: a weasel, hawk, squirrel and pheasant, all native to Belle Isle and representing both the predatory and non-predatory aspects of nature.
Located in Belle Isle’s Rose Garden, the sculpture stands sixteen feet tall atop a granite pedestal. In its final form, Fredericks altered his original concept but the overall intent remained the same. Instead of an antelope, a wheeling bronze gazelle is the focal point of the fountain and the four smaller figures on the granite basin depict a hawk, grouse, rabbit and otter, representations of the island’s indigenous animals. At the memorial’s dedication in 1937, Fredericks said the fountain “is meant to express beauty in nature and its creation.â€
Considered by Fredericks to be his “first break,†the Belle Isle Competition garnered Fredericks a great deal of national attention and increased his public notoriety. With castings found throughout the United States and Europe, the Leaping Gazelle remains one of Fredericks’ most popular sculptures.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 15 Folder 23
Date
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n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
Relation
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V-15-23
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Animal
Animal Sculpture
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Gazelle
Leaping Gazelle
Sculpture
Underside
V1523
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Color print
Physical Dimensions
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3.5" x 5"
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Title
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The unveiling of "Leaping Gazelle" at Saginaw Valley State University
Subject
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Animal sculpture--20th century.
Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Fountains.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Outdoor sculpture--United States.
Public sculpture, American
Saginaw Valley State University
Description
An account of the resource
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, Michigan, with whom Fredericks worked on architectural sculpture projects. In 1963, Mrs. Arbury was on the founding Board of Control of Saginaw Valley College, which later became Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU). She remained active on that board and on the SVSU Foundation Board into the 1990s. Mrs. Arbury and her husband, Ned Arbury, and Fredericks and his wife, Rosalind Fredericks, formed the idea of a permanent exhibit of Fredericks' work adjacent to the university's then-new facility for the art, music and theater departments. SVSU and the Arburys worked together toward an agreement to have the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Gallery and Sculpture Garden built adjacent to the art department.
The gallery opened to the public in the Arbury Fine Arts Center in May 1988. About half of the $7.2 million of private money raised for the building went to design and construction, restoration, transportation and installation. Fredericks oversaw installation of the more than 200 mostly plaster models in the permanent exhibit gallery.
Through the years, private donors have made it possible for some of the bronze casts to be made for the Sculpture Garden. Fredericks gave the balance of the collection in 1994. After his death in 1998, the gallery received his remaining tools, equipment, archives, architectural site models, sculptures and more. With the growth of the collection, the Board of Advisors elevated the gallery to museum status in 1999. In October 2003, the $2.5 million Phase II Capital Campaign expansion became a reality, nearly doubling the museum's size. The addition includes the Sculptor's Studio, a classroom, archives vault, research reading room, two temporary exhibition galleries and a gift shop.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 25 Folder 2
Date
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n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
Relation
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V-25-02
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Identifier
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30
Coverage
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University Center (Mich.)
Animal
Animal Sculpture
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Fountain
Leaping Gazelle
Leaping Gazelle Fountain
Saginaw Valley State University
Sculpture
SVSU
Unveiling
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Bit Depth
8
Channels
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Height
4510
Width
5682
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Black and white print
Physical Dimensions
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8" x 10"
Dublin Core
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Title
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The unveiling of the descriptive plaque for "The Spirit of Detroit" at the City-County Building
Subject
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Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Outdoor sculpture--United States.
Public sculpture, American
Description
An account of the resource
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 to the building, the sculpture depicts the cultural and religious spirit of the Detroit community. At the time, The Spirit of Detroit was said to be the largest sculpture cast in Europe since the Renaissance period (1400 – 1600). It stands sixteen feet high and twenty-two feet across from fingertip to fingertip.
On the Vermont marble wall behind the figure are the official seals of Wayne County, Michigan and the City of Detroit. Engraved on the wall is a verse from II Corinthians: â€Now the Lord is that Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty.†Designed to continue the thought indicated in the inscription on the wall, the sculpture is in the form of a kneeling man with outstretched arms. In his right hand he holds a father, mother and child representing family, which, according to Fredericks, is “probably the noblest human relationship.†In his left hand, the figure bears a sphere with rays emanating from it signifying deity. Fredericks chose the sphere because it is an object complete in itself with no beginning and no end.
This sculpture took Fredericks four years to complete and meant a great deal to the sculptor, who once remarked, “I pray only that this work in some small way inspire those who see it.†Fredericks appears to have gotten his wish as the citizens of Detroit immediately embraced this giant figure as the city’s cultural icon by giving it the affectionate nickname, “The Jolly Green Giant.†The sculpture is also frequently dressed in local sporting teams’ jerseys during playoff action, and The Spirit of Detroit’s image appears as the central element in the logos of the city’s departments and services.
Creator
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Hartwick, Maurice C.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 20 Folder 15
Date
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1958
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the creator.
Relation
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V-20-15
Format
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image/jpeg
Language
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eng
Type
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Image
Identifier
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0521
Coverage
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Detroit (Mich.)
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Detroit
Figure
Figure sculpture
Installation
Marshall Fredericks
Michigan
Plaque
Sculpture
The Spirit of Detroit
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