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CHRIST THE GOOD SHEPHERD, 1964
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.113

This gold anodized, cast aluminum sculpture is installed on the front of the building of the Central United Methodist Church located at…

Three piece mold with two piece rubber mold inside. "Frederick Christ" written on mold. Mold held together with plastic zip ties.

Plaster model of Christ painted brown. This is about 1/8th scale.

Plaster model of Christ. This is about 1/8th scale. Arms are not attached. The yellowish discoloring is from shellac used to seal the plaster.

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core for Christ on the Cross. Written on mold is "Christ Arm" and the mold is held together with metal wire. There is a bit of red wax residue on the mold's surface.

Bronze corpus of Christ on wood cross. This is a 1/4 scale model for the Cross in the Woods. The patina is brown. From Grace Church in Grosse Pointe.

Christ on the Cross 1/4 scale presentation model.

"At Indian River in northern Michigan, there is a beautiful but very small chapel, designed by the architect Alden Dow. In 1952 the priest at the chapel asked Fredericks to design an outdoor…

1/4 scale model for the Christ on the Cross.

Christ on the Cross, 1959
Plaster Original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks

Fredericks was commissioned to sculpt a 6 foot tall crucifix, but instead designed this twenty-eight foot, full-scale model, for a bronze to be placed at…

Two children stand before a robed Christ who kneels and looks proper right. Christ holds his hands up, palms out, behind the children. The girl show is robed and holds a bird. The boy (who is nude) leans on Christ's proper left knee. Facial features…