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Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain at Danish Embassy in Washington D.C..tif
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.…

View of Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain) at the Danish Embassy in Washington D.C.tif
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.…

Bronze Mouse from The Lion and Mouse.jpg
“The Lion and Mouse” was commissioned by the J. L. Hudson Company for the Eastland Mall in Harper Woods, Michigan. The lion is carved from limestone and the mouse is gold-plated bronze. Fredericks based this sculpture on the Aesop (c. 620 -…

Mouse from The Lion and Mouse.jpg
"The Lion and Mouse" was commissioned by the J. L. Hudson Company for the Eastland Mall in Harper Woods, Michigan. The lion is carved from limestone and the mouse is gold-plated bronze. Fredericks based this sculpture on the Aesop (c. 620 - c.…

Michigan Horticultural Society Medal.jpg
1941, minted in bronze, gold fill, and silver, diameter 3 inches, Michigan Horticultural Society, East Lansing, Michigan.

Face: Bas-relief of sun and rain behind man planting a tree.

Reverse: Inscription, "Michigan Horticultural Society," with…

Ferd Prucke and Trord Finslort admire Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants (Leaping Gazelle.tif
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…

Ferd Prucke with Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants (Leaping Gazelle.tif
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…

Siderear view of Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants (Leaping Gazelle.tif
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…

Side view of Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants (Leaping Gazelle.tif
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…

Side view of Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants (Leaping Gazelle) in Stavanger, Norway.tif
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…
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