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Duke Ellington Memorial
- Location: Duke Ellington Circle, 110th Street and 5th Avenue
- Sculptor: Robert Graham
- Description: Standing figure (heroic scale) before a grand piano on a circular platform supported by three groups of three caryatids on three triform columns, integral plinth, two plaques on pedestal
- Materials: Bronze, red granite, aggregate
- Dimensions: Ellington figure H: 8'; each caryatid H: 4'; each triform column H: 10'; sculpture total H: 25'; upper plaque H: 5" W: 10"; lower plaque H: 2¼" W: 7½"
- Cast: ca. 1997
- Dedicated: July 1, 1997
- Foundry: Artworks Foundry; contact: Piero L. Mussi
- Fabricator: Gilad Ben-Artzi
- Donor: Duke Ellington Memorial Fund
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