Waltersdorf Monument, (sculpture).

Waltersdorf Monument, (sculpture).

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

Waltersdorf Monument, (sculpture).

The monument created for the family cemetery plot of architect Walter Waltersdorf consists of a large slab of pink granite, covering four lots, with four headstones slightly raised. In the center is another slab of granite bearing a relief depicting Walter Waltersdorf standing next to his seated mother while his father stands nearby. The narrow sides of the slab are incised with a weeping willow tree.

Portrait group -- Family

Portrait male -- Waltersdorf, Arthur

Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Forest Park

Forest Home/Waldheim Cemetery, 863 South Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois 60130

Pierre, Dorathi Bock, ed., "Memoirs of an American Artist, Sculptor Richard W. Bock," Los Angeles, CA: C.C. Publishing Co., c1989, 1991, pg. 109.

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