Leaping Gazelle
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TITLE: Leaping Gazelle
ARTIST: Marshall M. Fredericks DATE: 1988 TYPE: Sculpture MEDIA: Bronze ABOUT: In 1936, Fredericks won a National Award Competition to design a fountain for the Levi L. Barbour Memorial, located on Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Mounted 16 feet high on a granite pedestal, the bronze sculpture sits in a fountain basin. Four small carved granite animals surround the gazelle. Leaping Gazelle is the first commission Fredericks received and it initiated his career as a distinguished public sculptor. LOCATION: Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, Michigan |
