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Plaster hand from the quarter scale model of the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life" after bronze casting at Bedi-Makky foundry
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…
Plaster head and torso for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster model for "Christ on the Cross for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Plaster head and torso for the full-scale model for "The Expanding Universe Fountain"
This fountain celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and mystery of the…
Plaster head for "The Friendly Dragon"
“I did … 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…
Plaster legs and base for "Two Sisters" for 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,…
Plaster legs and cloth for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster legs and cloth with joints/seams visible for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster legs for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster legs with seams/joints visible for "Christ on the Cross"
Plaster male and female heads possibly for "Night and Day Fountain" in a crate
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,…
Plaster Mixing Bowl
Metal bucket with handle and plaster residue inside.
Plaster model and models for the legs and base of "Acrobat" clown
The plaster model and molds for "Acrobat†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.