View of the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" covered in plaster
subject: Animal sculpture--20th century. Artists' studios--United States. Dragons in art. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
description: â€œI did â€¦ a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.â€ (Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.) Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. â€œThe Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a childâ€™s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericksâ€™ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.â€ (Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
source: Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series V, Box 13 Folder 18
date: n.d.
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coverage: Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)

Side view of the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" covered in plaster
subject: Animal sculpture--20th century. Artists' studios--United States. Dragons in art. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
description: â€œI did â€¦ a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.â€ (Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.) Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. â€œThe Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a childâ€™s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericksâ€™ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.â€ (Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
source: Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series V, Box 13 Folder 18
date: n.d.
rights: Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
relation: V-13-18
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type: Image
coverage: Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)

Armature for "The Friendly Dragon" with plasteline on the tail
subject: Animal sculpture--20th century. Artists' studios--United States. Dragons in art. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
description: â€œI did â€¦ a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.â€ (Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.) Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. â€œThe Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a childâ€™s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericksâ€™ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.â€ (Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
source: Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series V, Box 13 Folder 19
date: 1991
rights: Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
relation: V-13-19
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)

Molly Barth adds plasteline to the armature for "The Friendly Dragon"
subject: Animal sculpture--20th century. Artists' studios--United States. Barth, Molly B. Korte Dragons in art. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
description: â€œI did â€¦ a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.â€ (Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.) Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. â€œThe Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a childâ€™s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericksâ€™ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.â€ (Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
source: Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series V, Box 13 Folder 19
date: 1991
rights: Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
relation: V-13-19
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)

Marshall Fredericks inspects the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon"
subject: Animal sculpture--20th century. Artists' studios--United States. Dragons in art. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
description: â€œI did â€¦ a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.â€ (Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.) Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. â€œThe Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a childâ€™s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericksâ€™ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.â€ (Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
source: Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series V, Box 13 Folder 19
date: 1991
rights: Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
relation: V-13-19
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)

Plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" covered in plaster in the greenhouse studio
subject: Animal sculpture--20th century. Artists' studios--United States. Dragons in art. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
description: â€œI did â€¦ a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.â€ (Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.) Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. â€œThe Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a childâ€™s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericksâ€™ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.â€ (Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
source: Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series V, Box 13 Folder 19
date: 1991
rights: Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
relation: V-13-19
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)

Scott Slocum works on the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" with shims
subject: Animal sculpture--20th century. Artists' studios--United States. Dragons in art. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Slocum, G. Scott
description: â€œI did â€¦ a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.â€ (Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.) Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. â€œThe Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a childâ€™s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericksâ€™ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.â€ (Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
source: Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series V, Box 13 Folder 19
date: 1991
rights: Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
relation: V-13-19
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)

"The Friendly Dragon" - plasteline head, plaster body with a portion of the armature visible
subject: Animal sculpture--20th century. Artists' studios--United States. Dragons in art. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
description: â€œI did â€¦ a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.â€ (Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.) Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. â€œThe Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a childâ€™s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericksâ€™ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.â€ (Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
source: Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series V, Box 13 Folder 19
date: 1991
rights: Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
relation: V-13-19
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)

Armature for "The Friendly Dragon" covered in wooden lathe except for the head
subject: Animal sculpture--20th century. Artists' studios--United States. Dragons in art. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
description: â€œI did â€¦ a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.â€ (Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.) Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. â€œThe Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a childâ€™s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericksâ€™ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.â€ (Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
source: Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series V, Box 13 Folder 19
date: 1991
rights: Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
relation: V-13-19
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)

View of the armature for "The Friendly Dragon" covered in wooden lathe in the greenhouse studio
subject: Animal sculpture--20th century. Artists' studios--United States. Dragons in art. Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
description: â€œI did â€¦ a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.â€ (Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.) Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. â€œThe Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a childâ€™s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericksâ€™ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.â€ (Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
source: Marshall M. Fredericks Papers Series V, Box 13 Folder 19
date: 1991
rights: Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
relation: V-13-19
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)