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Plaster model for "Wings of the Morning"
The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…
Plaster model for "Wisdom Joining with Friendship and Understanding"
Plaster model part of the "Family and Justice Reliefs," five scenes in fourteen courtrooms, City-County Building (now the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center), Detroit.
Plaster model for corpus from "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster model for "Christ on the Cross for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Plaster model for the "Alex Dow Portrait Relief" in the Royal Oak studio
Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.
Plaster model for the "Eaton War Memorial Eagle"
The Eaton Manufacturing Company in Cleveland, Ohio commissioned this memorial in honor of the employees who died in World War II. A marble wall inscribed with the names of those employees who gave their lives for their country holds the bronze…
Plaster model for the "Tracy W. McGregor Portrait Relief"
Tracy W. McGregor (1869-1936) was a civic leader, educator, and philanthropist with a particular interest in community health and the plight of the poor. He was instrumental in establishing the Committee on Health Activities, which developed into the…
Plaster model for the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum prior to installation
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,…
Plaster model of "Acrobat Clown" in "The Sculpture of Marshall Fredericks: A Tribute" at the Cranbrook Art Museum
"The Sculpture of Marshall Fredericks: A Tribute" at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan - November 16, 1994-January 29, 1995.
Plaster model of "Acrobat" clown with portion of armature visible partially covered in plaster
The armature for "Acrobat†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.
Plaster model of "Adventurer" for the University of Michigan Administration Building
Administration Building (now the Literature, Science and Arts Building) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Thirty cast aluminum, seven limestone and two bronze reliefs decorate the façades of the building.