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Close-up of plasteline face and arms for "Acrobat" clown
The plasteline model for "Acrobat†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.
Close-up of pedestal for "Leaping Gazelle" at an unidentified private residence
In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…
Close-up of northern pike for the plasteline model of "Day" from "Night and Day Fountain"
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…
Close-up of model for "Cleveland War Memorial Fountain" in "Marshall Fredericks: An Exhibiton of His Sculpture"
"Marshall Fredericks: An Exhibition of His Sculpture" at the Robert L. Kidd Associates/Galleries in Birmingham, Michigan - November 10-December 3, 1994.
Close-up of Marshall Fredericks working on the plasteline model for "Lord Byron" (The Poet)
According to MaryAnn Wilkinson, former curator of modern and contemporary art at The Detroit Institute of Arts, “His last monumental work, Lord Byron, designed in 1938, enlarged by the artist, and cast posthumously in 1998 for the Marshall…
Close-up of Marshall Fredericks working on the full-scale plasteline model of the legs for "Christ on the Cross"
Marshall Fredericks with full-scale plasteline model of legs for "Christ on the Cross" for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Close-up of Marshall Fredericks with the plasteline model for "The Family Protected by Healing Herbs"
Inspired by the verse, "The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nation" (Revelation 22:2), the aluminum relief is located on the facade of William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.
It was awarded the Gold Medal in Sculpture by…
It was awarded the Gold Medal in Sculpture by…
Close-up of Marshall Fredericks speaking at the dedication of the "Henry Ford Memorial"
The idea to create a memorial honoring Henry Ford took root in 1948 when the Dearborn, Michigan Chamber of Commerce conducted a poll of Dearborn residents and learned that most of the populace favored such a proposal. The Dearborn Chamber of Commerce…
Close-up of Marshall Fredericks and assistants piecing together metal sections for "The Ford Empire"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the building's interior was the expansive,…
Close-up of lower half of plaster model for "Birth of the Atomic Age"
Plaster model for "Birth of the Atomic Age" in Marshall Fredericks' Royal Oak, Michigan studio. The completed sculpture stands at the National Exchange Club in Toledo, Ohio.