Bust of Billy Rivers, (sculpture).

Bust of Billy Rivers, (sculpture).

Bock, Richard W., 1865-1949, sculptor.

Bust of Billy Rivers, (sculpture).

Portrait male -- Rivers, Billy -- Bust

Occupation -- Service

University of Oregon, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon 97403

Billy Rivers, the studio janitor at the University of Oregon, posed for the sculptor's class in portraiture. In return, the artist made a plaster cast for him and kept one for himself.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Pierre, Dorathi Bock, ed., "Memoirs of an American Artist, Sculptor Richard W. Bock," Los Angeles, CA: C.C. Publishing Co., c1989, 1991, pg. 117.

Pierre, Dorathi Bock, ed., "Memoirs of an American Artist, Sculptor Richard W. Bock," Los Angeles, CA: C.C. Publishing Co., c1989, 1991, pg. 127.

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