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    		• Fredericks, Marshall M.,
     
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    		• Bedi-Makky Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Animal -- Bear
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Sterling Heights
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Bears, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998, sculptor.
    Bedi-Makky Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    The Bears, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Mother and Baby Bear, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1964. Cast 1981. Dedicated Oct. 25, 1981.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble (?).
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 5 1/4 in. x 3 ft. 5 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 11 1/4 in. x 5 ft. 3 1/2 in. x 3 ft. 7 in. (3 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze base:) (copyright symbol) MARSHALL M. FREDERICKS SC./BEDI-MAKKY ART FOUNDRY signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Two bear figures, one much larger than the other, seated back to back. Both have their front paws placed between their legs. Large bear's head is tilted to proper left. Bears are seated on oval bronze base, on larger oval stone base.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bear
    Object Type: 
    Copy
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Sterling Heights
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Sterling Heights, Community Relations, 40555 Utica Road, P. O. Box 8009, Sterling Heights, Michigan 48311
    Located Sterling Heights Library, 40255 Dodge Park Road, East Courtyard, Sterling Heights, Michigan 48313
    Remarks: 
    IAS files include transcription and photograph of nearby plaque, and related articles from West Macomb News (Michigan), Oct. 19, 1981; The Source (Michigan), Nov. 2, 1986; and a copy of program from dedication of sculpture, Oct. 25, 1981. Statue cost $30,000 and funded was raised by community members and a city council allocation. The Sterling Heights Bears are replicas of the originals Fredericks created for the University of Illinois at Urbana.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS MI000018
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