Duke Ellington in Steel

Washington, DC

Unveiled in 2012, created by Zachary Oxman, who would later make similarly memorable stainless steel sculptures of Ray Bradbury on a rocket and a guy sitting on a giant typewriter.

Edward "Duke" Ellington was a composer, pianist, and jazz superstar who spent his childhood and early career years in this Washington neighborhood.

Oxman's artwork, 20 feet tall, depicts Ellington sitting on a giant G clef styled like his handwriting, playing a piano whose keys are turning into notes and soaring skyward.