Central Park

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• 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

Know Before You Go

Central Park

Raccoons in Central Park have tested positive for canine distemper virus. Although the virus cannot be transmitted to humans, it may be transmitted to dogs. Keep your pets safe in the park.

Please avoid wildlife and make sure your pets have up-to-date distemper and rabies vaccines. Keep your pet on a leash, especially during dawn and dusk.

Please call 311 or notify an on-site Parks employee if you see a sick or injured animal.

If you are bitten, wash the wound with soap and water immediately. Call your doctor to see if you need tetanus or rabies shots, and call 311 to report the bite.

The Health Department will continue to monitor this condition.