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Close-up view of chimpanzee from plasteline model of "Baboon and Baby Chimpanzee"
Close-up of baby chimpanzee from "Baboon and Baby Chimpanzee" in plasteline.
Close-up view of bronze "Spirit of Kentucky"
Collectively titled the Spirit of Kentucky, Barry Bingham, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal commissioned Fredericks to design reliefs for their new building.
After Fredericks received the commission he reportedly traveled through…
After Fredericks received the commission he reportedly traveled through…
Close-up view of armature for leg of "Acrobat" clown partially covered in plaster
The armature for "Acrobat†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.
Close-up view of "Wings of the Morning" at an unidentified location
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…
Close-up view of "George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth Memorial"
Gilt bronze on limestone. Located at the Cranbrook Institute of Science at Cranbrook Educational Community.
Born into a modest household in Toronto, Canada in 1864, George Booth grew up dreaming of becoming an architect. As a young man, he worked…
Born into a modest household in Toronto, Canada in 1864, George Booth grew up dreaming of becoming an architect. As a young man, he worked…
Close-up view of "Freedom of the Human Spirit" during its restoration
The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of…
Close-up view from below of the plaster model of "Christ on the Cross" in 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,…
Close-up view from below of "Christ and the Children"
Six foot aluminum relief "Christ and the Children" commissioned for St. John's Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Close-up view from above of "Christ on the Cross"
Bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross†for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Close-up side view of "Youth in the Hands of God" following its installation at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
The façade of the New Dallas Public Library contained an 880-pound, 20 foot high aluminum sculpture by Marshall Fredericks entitled "Youth in the Hands of God." Symbolizing "the hands of God supporting youth reaching for learning through the medium…