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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…

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The aluminum relief is located in the Holden Amphitheater and Great Ape House at the Detroit Zoological Institute.

Note: The building was replaced by a new primate center in the 1980s

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This delicately balanced sculpture is evidence of Fredericks' expertise in design and structural engineering. The openness and verticality of the composition are very dramatic.

The large gulls appear weightless, held in place only by a wing tip,…

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This delicately balanced sculpture is evidence of Fredericks' expertise in design and structural engineering. The openness and verticality of the composition are very dramatic.

The large gulls appear weightless, held in place only by a wing tip,…

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Six foot aluminum relief "Christ and the Children" commissioned for St. John's Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Bronze on granite, 16 feet including base. Located at the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan.

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Workers excavate the future site for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life".

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Installed on the front of the Central United Methodist Church in Waterford, Michigan, Fredericks cast this gold anodized sculpture in aluminum.

The idea for this sculpture began during the summer of 1961 during a conversation with the minister…

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Plasteline model of the sphere for the base of the central figure for the “Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life”.

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Graphite on tracing paper
18.75" x 23.5"

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…
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