Statue of Louis Armstrong

depicted

Armstrong, Louis

Fitzgerald, Ella

Description (Brief)

This chalkware statue of American jazz trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was made by Esco Products, Inc. in New York, circa 1972. The statue depicts Armstrong in a burgundy jacket with white shirt, black bowtie, pants and shoes, holding a trumpet in his right hand and a handkerchief in his left hand. As in many of Esco’s celebrity statues, the heads are exaggerated in size.

The statue was given to American jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald and is inscribed on the bottom of the statue, “FROM PHOEBE.”

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)

ca 1972

ID Number

1996.0342.062

accession number

1996.0342

catalog number

1996.0342.062

Object Name

statue

Physical Description

plaster (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 40 cm x 16 cm x 15 cm; 15 3/4 in x 6 5/16 in x 5 7/8 in

place made

United States: New York, New York

National Museum of American History

subject

Jazz

African American

Musicians

Record ID

nmah_1190830

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-06f9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa