Object Details
- Description (Brief)
This bust of American jazz trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) was made by Ed Dwight in Denver, Colorado in 1990. Made of cast bronze, the sculpture depicts Armstrong’s torso and hands, playing a trumpet with handkerchief in left hand, on a stone base.
Ed Dwight began his career as a graduate engineer, was a former United States Air Force test pilot who became the first African American to be trained as an astronaut in 1962. Following a career in real estate, computer systems engineering, and consulting, Dwight pursued art and received a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Denver in 1977. Dwight’s works include fine art sculpture, large-scale memorials and public art projects.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Armstrong, Louis
- maker
- Dwight, Ed
- date made
- 1990
- Credit Line
- Gift of Calvin B. and Marilyn B. Gross
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 1/2 in x 15 in x 26 3/4 in; 92.71 cm x 38.1 cm x 67.945 cm
- Object Name
- sculpture
