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View of plasteline model for "Night" 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…
View of plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon" with undefined features
“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…
View of plasteline model of sphere for base of central figure for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
Plasteline model of the sphere for the base of the central figure for the “Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Lifeâ€.
View of plasteline torso for "Acrobat" clown with shims in place
The plasteline model for "Acrobat†– one of the “Clowns†in Marshall Fredericks’ greenhouse studio.
View of plaster full-scale "Christ on the Cross" with interior exposed
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,…
View of plaster model for "Angel in the Hand of God" in the Royal Oak studio
Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.
View of plaster model for "Flying Pterodactyls"
Plaster model for "Flying Pterodactyls" - head to tail: 92 inches; wingspan: 137 inches. Located at the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan.
View of plaster model for "Sinner with Serpent (Temptation)" from "Saints and Sinners" 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,…
View of plaster model for "Wings of the Morning"
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…
View of plaster model of "Hands of God" for the University of Michigan Administration Building
Administration Building (now the Literature, Science and Arts Building) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Thirty cast aluminum, seven limestone and two bronze reliefs decorate the façades of the building.