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Sepia print
12.5" x 12.5"

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…

Graphite on tracing paper
18" x 12"

An exhibition of sculptures by Marshall Fredericks at the First Federal Bank in Detroit in 1978. Exhibition included "The Boy and Bear," "Leaping Gazelle," "Lion and Monkey," "Henry Ford," "Saints and Sinners"…

Plaster model of a Mother , father and child for the Spirit of Detroit. Father has both hands reaching toward the sky, mother has one hand reaching toward the sky while carrying her child in the other.

Small Spirit of Detroit with a dark shellac coating on the surface. There is no family or deity on the hands.

Plaster model for Spirit of Detroit. This model is a rough sketch model with a plaster family and no deity.

Graphite on tracing paper
16.5" x 13.75"

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…

Pencil on tracing paper
16.5" x 13.75"

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…

Pencil and conté crayon on board
23" x 30.5"

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.…

Graphite on tracing paper
14.375" x 14.75"

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…

Plaster mother mold for Family from Spirit of Detroit with rubber inner mold. Mold is bound by a plastic zip tie.