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Painted white plaster 1/3rd scale model of Black Elk. 1/3 scale plaster model painted a gloss white. Depicts Black Elk standing and looking upward toward the sky. He caries a peace pipe in his proper left hand. At his proper left side is a buffalo…

1/3 rd scale armature for Black Elk: Homage to the Great spirit. This is one of the last works Fredericks completed before he passed away.

This armature is crafted of wood lath and the head of the Black Elk figure is finished in clay. The buffalo…

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,…

Wood Full-Scale armature for Black Elk
Sections:
1 Front section with head and front legs of buffalo
2 Hump and shoulder section
3 lower body of Black Elk and the mid section of the buffalo
4 hind quarters and rear section
5 midsection of Black…

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…

Clay bison without a head on wood base.

Birth of the Atomic Age, 1959
Miniature
Silver

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.037

Silver plated miniature of Birth of the Atomic Age. nude male figure standing on a fluted base. He holds a stainless steel object in his…

Plaster small-scale nude male figure standing on a fluted base. He is missing the metal atom-like object that he holds above his head. His pose is elongated as if reaching upward.

Originally installed in 1959, is conserved and rededicated at…

Birth of the Atomic Age, 1959
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.055

The atom is the symbol of one of mankind's most dramatic achievements. It symbolizes the awesome challenge of the Atomic Age. In this…

Animal Kingdoms

Fish Kingdom, 1987
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.011


Mammal Kingdom (seal), 1987
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.012


Reptile Kingdom…