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The Freedom of the Human Spirit, (sculpture). Artist:  Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998, sculptor. Bedi-Makky Art Foundry, founder. Title:  The Freedom of the Human Spirit, (sculpture). Dates:  1964. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 20 ft. x 9 ft. 10 in. x 11 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. 2 1/4 in. Diam. 10 1/2 ft. Inscription:  BEDI-MAKKY ART FOUNDRY N.Y. unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  Four rectangular tapering spikes support two nude figures, a male on the left and a female on the right. The spikes emerge and spread out from a circular base. Three swans in flight are located on spikes just below the figures. The figures are lying on their backs with their arms raised up over their heads, palms up. Subject:  Allegory -- Life -- Humanity Figure group -- Nude Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Flushing Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021 Located Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, Court of States, Flushing, New York Remarks:  The SOS survey questionnaire reports that records at Bedi-Makky Art Foundry indicate the foundry still owns the plaster models of the work. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Queens Museum, 1976. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1992. 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 76002362   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76002362 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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