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- Description:
- View of the Spirit of Detroit sculpture by Marshall Fredericks in front of the City County Building in Detroit, Michigan. "The $40,000 bronze statue created by Marshall Fredericks, which some Detroiters call the Jolly Green Giant because of its green patina, was commissioned in 1955, and dedicated in 1958, and is perhaps the city's best known outdoor sculpture, the huge seated figure holds in his left hand a gilt bronze sphere emanating rays to symbolize God, and in his right hand, a family group symbolic of all human relationships, a plaque in front of the sculpture bears the inscription, "Through the spirit of man is manifested in the family, the noblest human relationship," serving as backup to the work is a 36- x 45-foot semicircular Symbol Wall bearing reliefs of the seals of the city and the county with the message, "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty," from Detroit News article.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1958-09-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of sculpture by Alexander Calder, "Jeune fille et sa suite" or "Young lady and her entourage" in front of Michigan Bell Telephone Company in Detroit, Michigan. "Typical of Calder's witty manner, the young lady of the title is suggested perhaps by the tall, curvilinear shape at the center of the sculpture and her suite of attendants by the more geometrical forms to either side, the twenty-ton sculpture was fabricated in France, where Calder lived and worked most of his life and was assembled in Detroit, originally painted black at Calder's behest, Jeune Fille was repainted "Calder red" in 1985," from Art in Detroit Public Places by Dennis Alan Nawrocki and David Clements .
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1973-06-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
13. Colleges; Wayne State University; Buildings; University Center Building. Sculpture by Morris Brose
- Description:
- View of the sculpture, "Sentinel II" by Morris Brose at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, with crowd of people in background. "Sentinel II is a slender sculpture based on a theme Morris Brose began in 1968 which echoed the human form, the title, though suggestive of a military figure, was chosen to represent an entity which emotes a ‘safe and comforting presence,’ Brose was born in Poland and immigrated to the US in 1931," from Wayne State University Alumni publication.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1969-09-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of the Spirit of Detroit sculpture by Marshall Fredericks in front of the City County Building in Detroit, Michigan. "The $40,000 bronze statue created by Marshall Fredericks, which some Detroiters call the Jolly Green Giant because of its green patina, was commissioned in 1955, and dedicated in 1958, and is perhaps the city's best known outdoor sculpture, the huge seated figure holds in his left hand a gilt bronze sphere emanating rays to symbolize God, and in his right hand, a family group symbolic of all human relationships, a plaque in front of the sculpture bears the inscription, "Through the spirit of man is manifested in the family, the noblest human relationship," serving as backup to the work is a 36- x 45-foot semicircular Symbol Wall bearing reliefs of the seals of the city and the county with the message, "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty," from Detroit News article.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1958-09-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of sculpture, "Dancing maidens" by Oscar Stonorov at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. "Oskar Stonorov created this work, which originally stood on the banks of a stream on the Reuther estate, for his good friend, May Reuther, who was an active supporter of dance, Stonorov was a modernist architect, architectural writer, historian and archivist who immigrated to the United States from Germany 1929," from Wayne State University Alumni publication.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1974-01-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of the Spirit of Detroit sculpture by Marshall Fredericks in front of the City County Building in Detroit, Michigan. "The $40,000 bronze statue created by Marshall Fredericks, which some Detroiters call the Jolly Green Giant because of its green patina, was commissioned in 1955, and dedicated in 1958, and is perhaps the city's best known outdoor sculpture, the huge seated figure holds in his left hand a gilt bronze sphere emanating rays to symbolize God, and in his right hand, a family group symbolic of all human relationships, a plaque in front of the sculpture bears the inscription, "Through the spirit of man is manifested in the family, the noblest human relationship," serving as backup to the work is a 36- x 45-foot semicircular Symbol Wall bearing reliefs of the seals of the city and the county with the message, "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty," from Detroit News article.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1958-09-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of the Spirit of Detroit sculpture by Marshall Fredericks in front of the City County Building in Detroit, Michigan. "The $40,000 bronze statue created by Marshall Fredericks, which some Detroiters call the Jolly Green Giant because of its green patina, was commissioned in 1955, and dedicated in 1958, and is perhaps the city's best known outdoor sculpture, the huge seated figure holds in his left hand a gilt bronze sphere emanating rays to symbolize God, and in his right hand, a family group symbolic of all human relationships, a plaque in front of the sculpture bears the inscription, "Through the spirit of man is manifested in the family, the noblest human relationship," serving as backup to the work is a 36- x 45-foot semicircular Symbol Wall bearing reliefs of the seals of the city and the county with the message, "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty," from Detroit News article.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1958-09-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of sculpture by Alexander Calder, "Jeune fille et sa suite" or "Young lady and her entourage" in front of Michigan Bell Telephone Company in Detroit, Michigan. "Typical of Calder's witty manner, the young lady of the title is suggested perhaps by the tall, curvilinear shape at the center of the sculpture and her suite of attendants by the more geometrical forms to either side, the twenty-ton sculpture was fabricated in France, where Calder lived and worked most of his life and was assembled in Detroit, originally painted black at Calder's behest, Jeune Fille was repainted "Calder red" in 1985," from Art in Detroit Public Places by Dennis Alan Nawrocki and David Clements .
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1973-06-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of sculpture by Alexander Calder, "Jeune fille et sa suite" or "Young lady and her entourage" in front of Michigan Bell Telephone Company in Detroit, Michigan. "Typical of Calder's witty manner, the young lady of the title is suggested perhaps by the tall, curvilinear shape at the center of the sculpture and her suite of attendants by the more geometrical forms to either side, the twenty-ton sculpture was fabricated in France, where Calder lived and worked most of his life and was assembled in Detroit, originally painted black at Calder's behest, Jeune Fille was repainted "Calder red" in 1985," from Art in Detroit Public Places by Dennis Alan Nawrocki and David Clements .
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1973-06-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of sculpture by Alexander Calder, "Jeune fille et sa suite" or "Young lady and her entourage" in front of Michigan Bell Telephone Company in Detroit, Michigan. "Typical of Calder's witty manner, the young lady of the title is suggested perhaps by the tall, curvilinear shape at the center of the sculpture and her suite of attendants by the more geometrical forms to either side, the twenty-ton sculpture was fabricated in France, where Calder lived and worked most of his life and was assembled in Detroit, originally painted black at Calder's behest, Jeune Fille was repainted "Calder red" in 1985," from Art in Detroit Public Places by Dennis Alan Nawrocki and David Clements .
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1973-06-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City