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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Catlett, Elizabeth,     Unknown (Mexico),     Portrait male -- Armstrong, Louis     Performing Arts -- Music     Performing Arts -- Music     Ethnic -- African American     Object -- Musical Instrument     Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans     Sculpture

Louis Armstrong, (sculpture). Artist:  Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012, sculptor. Unknown (Mexico), founder. Title:  Louis Armstrong, (sculpture). Dates:  1976. Dedicated April 15, 1980. Reinstalled April 2010. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze on concrete base. Inscription:  (On bronze plinth behind proper right foot:) E. C. 76 signed Description:  A bronze statue of Louis Armstrong, standing with his feet slightly apart, facing west-southwest. He holds a trumpet down by his side in his proper left hand. In his proper right hand he holds a wadded up handkerchief. He wears a suit and tie. He stands on a rectangular bronze plinth which rests on a rectangular concrete base. Directly in front of the base is a rectangular concrete marker with a plaque. Subject:  Portrait male -- Armstrong, Louis -- Full length Performing Arts -- Music -- Trumpet Performing Arts -- Music -- Jazz Ethnic -- African American Object -- Musical Instrument -- Trumpet Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New Orleans, Department of Property Management, 1300 Perdido Street, City Hall, Room 5W01, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Located Louis Armstrong Park, 901 North Rampart Street, in front of Lagoon, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Remarks:  Sculpture cost thirty thousand dollars. Base provided by city of New Orleans. Sculpture paid for by over one thousand individuals in over twenty-six nations around the world. Inscription on marker in front of statue reads: LOUIS ARMSTRONG. Inscription on nearby marker reads: LOUIS ARMSTRONG STATUE/Dedicated by Lucille Armstrong/April 15, 1980/This statue was paid for through the contributions of/over one thousand individuals from over twenty-six/nations around the world. The statue project was/coordinated by the Louis Armstrong Statue Fund./Benny Carter, Chairman/Floyd Levin, Director/Elizabeth Catlett, Sculptress. During renovation of Armstrong Park, the sculpture was placed in storage and was reinstalled on a new base in front of the lagoon in April 2010. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993. Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), April 28, 2010. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS LA000069   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture LA000069 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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