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View of the armature for "The Friendly Dragon" covered in wooden lathe in the greenhouse studio
“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 the back of the head from the plasteline model of "The Friendly Dragon"
“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 the back of 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 the base and fountain from "Star Dream Fountain"
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
View of the base for the plaster model of "Star Dream Fountain"
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
View of the bleachers in the Kingswood School gymnasium with photographs of Marshall Fredericks' work
Setup for "Photographic Exhibition" at Kingswood School - Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1979.
View of the bronze "Clowns" with their shadows at SVSU
Bronze “Clowns†- includes: "Acrobat", "Juggler" and "Lovesick Clown (Pagliacci)" at Saginaw Valley State University.
View of the bronze "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain) - Danish Embassy in Washington D.C.
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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.…
View of the bronze female figure and head of the male figure for "Star Dream Fountain" at the Tallix foundry
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
View of the bronze legs for "The Spirit of Detroit" at the foundry
The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…