Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 18, 1939
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MODELING CHAMPION STALLION: Avard T. Fairbanks, Ann Arbor sculptor, is shown with his nearly completed clay model of Obusier, 189153, rated the best imported stallion at the International Livestock show in Chicago last fall and owned by E. A. Hunter of Ann Arbor. The horse was added to the Dhu Varren Farms herd of outstanding Percherons last month. The clay model is to be cast in bronze and one model will be sent to Michigan State College for exhibition purposes.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 18, 1942
Caption:
SNOW DRAGON SNAGS A JAP: Sculptor Avard Fairbanks has as the theme of his annual snow figure in the yard of his home on Lincoln Ave., a long-tailed dragon with the torn clothing of a Jap hanging from his mouth. Two of Fairbanks' sons are seen fearlessly playing around the dragon, apparently unafraid.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 9, 1938
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STUDENTS COMPLETE MODELS FOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION OPENING: In the annual exhibition of work of Prof. Avard Fairbanks' classes in sculpture, which opens tonight in the Michigan League, will be the pieces by the artists above. Miss Vivian Lanz of Ypsilanti, at the left, is modeling a "Mother and Child" group; Miss Doris Bolton of Lakewood, O., a senior in the school of architecture, calls her model "Aftermath," and the large fountain figure at the right is being completed by the artist, Henry Vander Velde of Royal Oak, a special student.