Located on the Central Park Mall in Manhattan, New York, Victor Herbert is an outdoor bronze portrait bust. The sculpture was created by artist Edmund Thomas Quinn.
The memorial sculpture was commissioned by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). It was unveiled in 1927 by Herbert's daughter at a dedication attended by Irving Berlin and Arthur Hammerstein.
The Central Park Mall has a history as a venue for a free concert series. Herbert is one of four musicians memorialized as sculptures in Central Park, alongside John Lennon at Strawberry Fields, Beethoven, and Duke Ellington.
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