May 22
"THE SPIRIT OF DETROIT”
THE INSCRIPTION ON THE SYMBOL WALL IS FROM II CORINTHIANS, 3:17 NOW THE LORD IS THAT SPIRIT AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY.
THE SCULPTURE BY MARSHALL FREDERICKS WAS DESIGNED TO CONTINUE THE THOUGHT CONVEYED BY THE INSCRIPTION AND REFLECTS IN ITS CONCEPTION THE SPIRIT UNDERLYING ALL HUMAN IDEALS
THE RELATIONSHIP OF GOD TO MAN. THE MAIN FIGURE REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF MAN IN HIS LEET HAND HE HOLDS A SYMBOL OF GOD, AND IN HIS RIGHT HAND, A FAMILY GROUP: FATHER, MOTHER AND CHILD THE ARTIST EXPRESSES THE CONCEPT THAT GOD, THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF MAN, IS MANIFESTED IN THE FAMILY, THE NOBLEST HUMAN RELATIONSHIP.
