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.

[2][3] Pianist Bobby Short conceived of the memorial in 1979; it was the first statue erected in Ellington's honor in the country.

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