Childhood Friends - Wyandotte, MI - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Childhood Friends bronze is located at Jefferson Elementary School at 1515 15th Street, Wyandotte. The bronze plaque was created by Marshall Fredricks in 1958. The statue is comprised of two children flanked by a moose and a bear. It can be found on the exterior west brick wall along 15th Street. A smaller version of the bronze is on display in the collection of the Cranbrook Art Museum.

Smithsonian 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.

TITLE: Childhood Friends ARTIST(S): Marshall Fredricks DATE: 1950 MEDIUM: Bronze, painted CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MI000489 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Jefferson Elementary School 1515 15th St. Wyandotte, MI 48192 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: No differences noted

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