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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,…

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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,…

Rearside view of Wings of the Morning at Brookgreen Gardens.tif
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…

Rearside view of armature for Sun Worshipper covered in wooden lathe.tif
Enlarged from 1937 small-scale model. The full-scale bronze casting is in a private collection.

Rearside view of bronze Rabbit at a private residence.tif
Bronze "Rabbit" at a private residence, 1989.

Rearside view of bronze Rabbit at a private residence surrounded by flowers and pumpkins.tif
Bronze "Rabbit" at a private residence, 1989.

Rearside view of bronze Wings of the Morning (Edgar B. Flint Memorial) in Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church Columbarium surrounded by snow.tif
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…

Rearside view of completed Meditation armature.tif
"Meditation" was first sculpted by Fredericks in 1937 while teaching at Cranbrook and enlarged in 1995.

Rearside view of marble Torso of a Dancer.jpg
After modeling the Torso of a Dancer in about 1934, Fredericks carved it in Belgian black marble for the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He subsequently used the original plaster model to create several bronze casts.

The nude…

Rear3side view of plaster sketch model of Day from Night and Day Fountain.jpg
The Henry J. McMorran Auditorium in Port Huron, Michigan commissioned the Night and Day Fountain as well as a gold anodized aluminum Sculptured Clock for the building. Completed two years before the fountain’s installation, Fredericks conceived…
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