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This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular story, The Ugly Duckling. Unlike Fredericks' portrayals of other literary subjects, this sculpture illustrates not one moment in the story, but two.…

Small bronze model given to the MFSM by Mr. and Mrs. Leland Doan.


In 1976 Fredericks enlarged these figures from the thirty-inch tall version that he created while at Cranbrook in 1939. These seven figures are in the style of jamb statues found…

Cube shaped plaster mold with no core. Written on mold "Mold for saints and sinners base".

Base mold for the Seven Saints and Sinners. Plaster mold in wood box frame. Written on the wood is: "Mold for saints and sinners base".

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. This mold has a wire holding the two mold halves together. Written on the mold is "Eve".

Eve/Knowledge of Good and Evil, 1939
(One of the Saints and Sinners)
1976 Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.026

The Saints and Sinners, 1976
Plaster originals

In 1976, Fredericks enlarged these figures…

Eve from Saints and Sinners stained brown from the shellac used to seal the plaster. Figure sits on a white plaster base.

Small plaster apple with a brown shellac coating. There is a pin in the bottom to attach to the hand of Eve.

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. This mold has a wire holding the two mold halves together. Written on the mold is "Eve".

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. This mold has a wire holding the two mold halves together. Written on the mold is "Eve".
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