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Close-up of "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain) in Heritage Park
This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular story, The Ugly Duckling. Unlike Fredericks' portrayals of other literary subjects, this sculpture illustrates not one moment in the story, but two.…
Close-up of "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain) at its dedication in Heritage Park
This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular story, The Ugly Duckling. Unlike Fredericks' portrayals of other literary subjects, this sculpture illustrates not one moment in the story, but two.…
Close-up of "Nordic Civilization" and the sphere for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life" - 1993
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country. Located within the basin are four granite carvings…
Close-up of "Night" from "Night and Day Fountain" outside of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
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,…
Close-up of "Night" and "Day" figures at "Milles as Mentor" exhibit at the Cranbrook Art Museum
The "Milles as Mentor" exhibit at the Cranbrook Art Museum featured two pieces from Marshall Fredericks, "Leaping Gazelle" and the figures from "Night and Day Fountain". The exhibit ran from May 21-December 2, 1990.
Close-up of "Night and Day Fountain" and "Sculptured Clock" at Henry J. McMorran Auditiorium
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 "Lord Byron" in "Marshall Fredericks: An Exhibition 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 "Lizard" - side view
Figure from "Japanese Goldfish, Lizard and Frog Fountain," 1937-38, bronze. Located at Thornlea, Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Close-up of "Leaping Gazelle" from "Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain" - rear view
Located in Belle Isle's Rose Garden, the sculpture stands sixteen feet tall atop a granite pedestal. A wheeling bronze gazelle is the focal point of the fountain and the four smaller figures on the granite basin depict a hawk, grouse, rabbit and…
Close-up of "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…