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Childhood Friends, (sculpture). Artist:  Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Childhood Friends, (sculpture). Dates:  1950. Dedicated Oct. 1950. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze, painted. Dimensions:  Approx. 70 x 70 x 12 in. Inscription:  (On left proper bottom edge of sculpture:) Marshall M. Fredericks 1950 (On left proper top edge of sculpture:) GORHAMS signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A relief mounted to the brick facade of a school building. Two children, a boy and a girl, sit on a log in front of a bear and turn their heads to the proper left toward the bear's head, which is tilted, looking at them. A moose stands to the proper left of the children and bear, looking down on them. The sculpture has a blue green patina. Subject:  Children Animal -- Bear Animal -- Deer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Wyandotte Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Wyandotte Public Schools, Jefferson Elementary School, 1515 15th Street, On front facade, Wyandotte, Michigan 48126 Provenance:  Formerly located Jefferson Memorial School, 1515 15th Street, Wyandotte, Michigan Remarks:  The relief was commissioned for the Jefferson Elementary School, which at the time was known as the Jefferson Memorial School, and was displayed at the forty-second annual Michigan Artists Exhibition. IAS files contain related articles from American Artist (Sept. 1954); and the Wyandotte News-Herald, May 23, 1993, pg. 1B-2B. Over the years, students have thrown rocks, snowballs, clay and eggs at the relief. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. American Artist (Sept. 1954). 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 MI000489   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000489 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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