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The Spirit of Detroit is a monument with a large bronze statue created by Marshall Fredericks and located at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Cast in Oslo, Norway, the 26-foot (7.9 m), 9-ton sculpture sits on a 60-ton marble base; it was the largest cast bronze statue since the Renaissance .
The Spirit of Detroit by Marshall Fredericks. Working from a small model, Fredericks made the full-scale model for the 16-foot-tall (4.9 m) figure at the entrance to the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit. For monumental sculpture, sculptors typically create a small model or maquette, then progressively larger models.
The Spirit of Detroit, a 25 feet (7.6 m) tall bronze statue by sculptor Marshall Fredericks, is located at the Courts Tower's marble wall element. As one of Detroit's most easily identifiable landmarks, a sketch of the statue appears as the central element of most of the logos of Detroit's city departments and services.
In 2013, Detroit-based artist Jerry Vile placed a 4-ft. tall can of Crisco in front of the monument [10] with a statement indicating it was for "helping to ease the pain of Detroit's bankruptcy." [11] Many interpreted the can as a reference to fisting, [12] a sex act in which Crisco is sometimes used as lubricant. [13]
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City of Detroit [27] Sentry: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: 1996-1997: Richard Bennett: sculpture: aluminum and gold: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History [28] The Spirit of Detroit: Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
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A statue of Detroit Goodfellows founder James J. Brady is back at Belle Isle following a summer restoration project.