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Marshall Fredericks working on the foot of the plasteline model of the angel for "God on the Rainbow" (Gud Fader På Himmelsbågan)
Based on a 1946 sketch by Carl Milles for a peace monument intended for the United Nations Building in New York, Fredericks’ enlargement now stands at the entrance to Stockholm Harbor, a project spearheaded by Cilla Jahn, in collaboration with…
Marshall Fredericks working on the full scale plasteline angel model for "God on the Rainbow" (Gud Fader På Himmelsbågan)
Based on a 1946 sketch by Carl Milles for a peace monument intended for the United Nations Building in New York, Fredericks’ enlargement now stands at the entrance to Stockholm Harbor, a project spearheaded by Cilla Jahn, in collaboration with…
Marshall Fredericks working on the full-scale male plasteline figure for "Star Dream Fountain"
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
Marshall Fredericks working on the full-scale plasteline legs for "Christ on the Cross"
Marshall Fredericks working on plasteline model for the legs for "Christ on the Cross" in New York Studio.
Marshall Fredericks working on the full-scale plasteline model for "Lord Byron" (The Poet) in the studio
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According to MaryAnn Wilkinson, former curator of modern and contemporary art at The Detroit Institute of Arts, “His last monumental work, Lord Byron, designed in 1938, enlarged by the artist, and cast posthumously in 1998 for the Marshall…
Marshall Fredericks working on the full-scale plasteline model of "Two Bears"
In this sculpture, a large brown and small black bear sit back to back in quiet thought. Although in nature these two animals are enemies, Fredericks portrays the two in a gentle humanistic way, stressing tolerance.
Notice the differences in the…
Notice the differences in the…
Marshall Fredericks working on the full-scale plaster model for "The Expanding Universe Fountain"
This fountain celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and mystery of the…
Marshall Fredericks working on the full-scale plaster model of the male figure for "Star Dream Fountain"
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
Marshall Fredericks working on the full-scale plaster model of the male figure for "Star Dream Fountain" with the full-scale plasteline model in the background
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
Marshall Fredericks working on the full-scale plaster model of the torso for "The Spirit of Detroit"
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…