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Duke Ellington Memorial

New York, Italy

Duke Ellington Memorial

The Duke Ellington Memorial by Robert Graham is installed at Duke Ellington Circle in Manhattan, New York City, New York. The monument depicts Duke Ellington at a piano, supported by three columns depicting three caryatids each, known as his nine muses. It was cast in 1997 and dedicated on July 1 of

that year. Pianist Bobby Short conceived of the memorial in 1979; it was the first statue erected in Ellington's honor in the United States.

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