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Rear/side view of "Two Sisters" in the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Sculpture Garden
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,…
Rear/side view of "Victory Eagle" (American Eagle) at 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,…
Rear/side view of "Wings of the Morning" at Brookgreen Gardens
The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…
Rear/side view of armature for "Sun Worshipper" covered in wooden lathe
Enlarged from 1937 small-scale model. The full-scale bronze casting is in a private collection.
Rear/side view of bronze "Rabbit" at a private residence
Bronze "Rabbit" at a private residence, 1989.
Rear/side view of bronze "Rabbit" at a private residence surrounded by flowers and pumpkins
Bronze "Rabbit" at a private residence, 1989.
Rear/side view of bronze "Wings of the Morning" (Edgar B. Flint Memorial) in Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church Columbarium surrounded by snow
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The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…
Rear/side view of completed "Meditation" armature
"Meditation" was first sculpted by Fredericks in 1937 while teaching at Cranbrook and enlarged in 1995.
Rear/side view of marble "Torso of a Dancer"
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.
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Rear/side view of plaster sketch model of "Day" from "Night and Day Fountain"
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…