Object Details
depicted
Armstrong, Louis
Description
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)
manufacturing date
ca 1972
ID Number
1996.0342.062
accession number
1996.0342
catalog number
1996.0342.062
Object Name
statue
Physical Description
paint (overall material)
plaster (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 15 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 5 13/16 in; 40.005 cm x 16.51 cm x 14.76375 cm
place made
United States: New York, New York
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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
Popular Entertainment
Music & Musical Instruments
Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
Art
Jazz
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1190830