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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…

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,…

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,…

Rabbit, auxiliary sculpture for the
Leaping Gazelle Fountain, 1936
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.018

Raccoon, Heron and Fish, maquette, 1975
Metal, wood and plaster

These armatures and maquettes illustrate the common working practices of traditional figurative sculptors like Fredericks. He fashioned the armatures from flexible wire and sheet…

RACCOONS, full-size model, 1948
Plaster original painted green

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.091

Patinated plaster. This is a sketch model for the 1938 Radio City Music Hall Competition. Plaster relief model with oak frame. 2 female nude figures in center with raised arms Bottom has continuous relief of airplanes, men taking photos, men at…

Rake tagged with paper tag number "48"

Wide rake tool all metal. Tagged with a white paper tag on string number "49"

Metal rake with wood handle.