On Feb 13th '70, the Detroit Free Press reported of the sculpture: "The eyes are caves and the neck is as bunched up and burly as memory says it was." These were the days when local newspapers were dense with florid text for us to laugh at and make fun of. I miss them!
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In downtown Mount Clemens, Michigan, on July 31st, 2021, a sculpture by Marshall Fredericks in a plaza between North Main Street and Gratiot Avenue (Michigan highway M-3), outside the Macomb County Building (left).
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Union List of Artist Names IDs:
• Fredericks, Marshall M. (American sculptor, 1908-1998) (500119311)