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Plaster blank with a pencil sketch of the Leaping Gazelle for Brookgreen Gardens. The text is also still visable.

Relief mold for Peter Austin Whyte. Yellowish color is from shellac to seal the plaster. There are no mold rims.

Plaster relief of obverse side of medallion. Relief depicts a woman on her knees holding a pland in her hands. A small child is at her side with arms outstreatched. There are plants on both sides of the relief.

Plaster mold for the Mary Soper Pope memorial with mold rims. Written on back of mold is "Mary Soper Pope". Plaster is stained from the shellac used to seal the plaster. Relief depicts a woman on her knees holding a pland in her hands. A small…

Plaster relief for City of Detroit mold with shellac coating. The yellowish discoloring is from shellac used to seal the plaster.

City of Detroit Seal
1955
Plaster, galvanized pipe

This model of the City of Detroit Seal includes two female…

Mold for City of Detroit relief. Written on back is "City of Detroit".

City of Detroit Seal
1955
Plaster, galvanized pipe

This model of the City of Detroit Seal includes two female figures with arms outstretched standing in the middle of…

Plaster torso of the front half of the Torso of a Dancer in plaster.

From Jennifer Lentz (Collection Documentation Intern 1991-1992)
Memo dated September 5, 1991

"RE: Works at Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum:
Two Sisters/Mother and…

Plaster portrait relief of William Beaumont without the text.

Plaster portrait relief of Jerome Patrick Cavanagh Mayor of Detroit. There are two small medallions on the relief, one of the Spirit of Detroit, and the other of the City of Detroit seal. Text on relief is "Jerome Patrick Cavanagh Mayor of Detroit…

Plaster relief portrait. Signed under proper right shoulder.


Education

In 1917, Dennison entered Swarthmore College, where he graduated in 1921. He then went to the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, for graduate studies in physics with…