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Workers push the full-scale bronze "Sun Worshipper" up a ramp
Enlarged from 1937 small-scale model. The full-scale bronze casting is in a private collection.
Workers remove the metal support structure surrounding the central figure of the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country. Located within the basin are four granite carvings…
Workers secure "Star Dream Fountain" to the crane
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…
Workers secure the central figure for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life" to the crane
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country. Located within the basin are four granite carvings…
Workers secure the corpus for "Christ on the Cross" to the crane
Bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross†for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Workers standing on the scaffolding in the South Court of the State Department Building
“The Expanding Universe Fountain†celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and…
Workers steady the enclosed central figure for the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country. Located within the basin are four granite carvings…
Workers unloading part of the "Birmingham War Memorial (Eagle and Nimbus) (Great Seal of the United States Relief)" from a truck
Originally located at Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan, the memorial was donated to the city by the Birmingham Rotary Club shortly after World War II. It currently resides at Veterans Memorial City Hall in Birmingham, Michigan.
Workers use rope to position the corpus for "Christ on the Cross" into its proper location on the cross
Bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross†for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Workers with the full-scale plaster model of "Christ on the Cross" 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,…