Monument for Heffernan, (sculpture).

Monument for Heffernan, (sculpture).

Telefus, Jacob, 1917-1993, sculptor.

Monument for Heffernan, (sculpture).

Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 8 in.; Base: approx. 12 in. x 4 ft. x 18 in.

(Bottom center of Jesus' cloak: Artist's monogram) (Lower front of sculpture, incised:) HEFFERNAN (Front top of base:) Lawrence/1973 Anna Holubek signed

A rectangular granite gravemarker with polished front carved with a small niche containing a waist-length bas-relief of Christ. Christ is dressed in robes, his hands to his chest, touching the Sacred Heart. A cross entwined with a lily is engraved on either side of the niche. The sculpture rests on a rectangular base.

Homage -- Heffernan, Lawrence

Homage -- Heffernan, Anna Holubek

Religion -- New Testament -- Christ

Emblem -- Heart

Emblem -- Cross

Object -- Flower -- Lily

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Middletown

St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cottage Street & Wisner Avenue, Middletown, New York 10940

Sculpture marks the graves of Heffernan family members.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

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