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Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit
1980
Bronze

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.050




Black Elk (1863-1950) was a holy man of the Ogallala Sioux and a spiritual leader for all North American Indians. Black Elk Speaks,…

Flying Wild Gees
1955
Bronze maquette

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.040

Leaping Gazelle
1935
Bronze maquette, cast before 1988

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.032

Spirit of Detroit in wooden travel case. Was most likely a presentation model given to a recipient in a ceremony. Front door has dent in proper left corner.

DON QUIXOTE de la MANCHA, 1937
Bronze, cast 1988
Cast in public collection:
MFSG garden, bronze, 1988

Cervantes' "Don Quixote de la Mancha" is a masterpiece of world literature. It is as well known and loved today as when it was first issued in…

Baby Baboon, 1939
Bronze, cast c. 1985
Sketch model for Baboon Fountain for World's Fair, 1937 38

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.018

Portrait of Marion Kirk (Daughter of Author Nevill Kirk), 1933
Bronze, cast 1933

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.017

Arthur Nevill Kirk (1881 1958) executed the metalwork for Christ Church Cranbrook, taught at Cranbrook…

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

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

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.015

Stevens was the first headmaster of Cranbrook School and a noted educator. A graduate of Colby College with a Ph.D. from Yale…

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

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.014

Fredericks never identified by name the German philosopher he portrayed during his travel and study in Germany following the…