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Bronze portrait bust of Victor Anderson mounted on light colored travertine base. The patina is dark brown.

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Portrait of Dr. William Oliver Stevens, 1935
Bronze, cast 1935

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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Stevens was the first headmaster of Cranbrook School and a noted educator. A graduate of Colby College with a Ph.D. from Yale…

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Portrait of a German Philosopher, 1931
Bronze, cast before 1961

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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Fredericks never identified by name the German philosopher he portrayed during his travel and study in Germany following the…

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"Many will recall the "Portrait of A Japanese," a bronze by young Marshall Fredericks which took the first prize for sculpture in the May show at the Cleveland Museum of Art last Spring. The inspiration for the head came from a Japanese student…

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Portrait of a Chinese Actress, 1933
Bronze, cast 1933

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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The identity of the "Chinese Actress" is unknown. Fredericks gave the sculpture this title. She is probably someone he met through his…

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Henry Ford
1975
Bronze, one-third scale model

Fredericks' design for the Henry Ford Memorial at the Dearborn Public Library across Michigan Avenue from Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan features a full-length portrait of the company…

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Wood Sprite, 1931
Driftwood on ebony

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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During his early years as an artist, Fredericks carved several tall thin figures in wood. A few were carved from old fence posts the artist acquired. …

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Torso of a Dancer, c. 1938
Bronze, cast 1984

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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After modeling the Torso of a Dancer in about 1934, Fredericks carved it in Belgian black marble for the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield…

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The Boy and Bear, 1954
Maquette
Bronze, cast c. 1987

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
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Fredericks was one of six artists commissioned to design sculpture for Northland Shopping Center in Southfield. At the time it opened…

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Cast April 26, 1956 by Kristiana FDRY.

This is the only surviving portion of the full-scale plaster original model for YOUTH IN THE HANDS OF GOD, a twenty-foot tall aluminum cast commissioned for the facade of the Dallas Public Library. This…
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