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 The Bears - Sterling Hts. Michigan Posted by:  Rattrak
N 42° 35.420 W 083° 00.740
17T E 334889 N 4717286
The Bears is found in the front of the Sterling Heights Library.
Waymark Code: WM84F1
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2010
Views: 7
The Bears
My information here is gathered from the City of Sterling Hts. "Two Bears" web page.
Two Bears, commissioned by the Friends of the Sterling Heights Public Library in 1981, is a six-foot bronze sculpture of a mother bear and a cub by Marshall Fredericks originally cast in 1964.
Information from the SIRIS website is as follows;
Description:
Two bear figures, one much larger than the other, seated back to back. Both have their front paws placed between their legs. Large bear's head is tilted to proper left. Bears are seated on oval bronze base, on larger oval stone base.
Remarks:
IAS files include transcription and photograph of nearby plaque, and related articles from West Macomb News (Michigan), Oct. 19, 1981; The Source (Michigan), Nov. 2, 1986; and a copy of program from dedication of sculpture, Oct. 25, 1981. Statue cost $30,000 and funded was raised by community members and a city council allocation. The Sterling Heights Bears are replicas of the originals Fredericks created for the University of Illinois at Urbana.
Inscription:
(On bronze base:) (copyright symbol) MARSHALL M. FREDERICKS SC. BEDI-MAKKY ART FOUNDRY signed Founder's mark appears.
TITLE: The Bears
ARTIST(S): Marshall M. Fredericks, 1908-1998, sculptor
DATE: Copyrighted 1964. Cast 1981. Dedicated Oct. 25, 1981
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble (?) (Granite)
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MI000018
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
In the front of the Sterling Heights Library, 40555 Utica Rd,
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
It was questioned that the base was marble, it is not, it is granite.
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