The Bronco Buster
Artist: Frederic Remington (American, 1861-1909)
Date: 1895
Dimensions:
H: 22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm); W: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); L: 21 7/8 in. (55.5 cm)
Medium: Bronze
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Lawrence Bell Fund and from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1998.4
Label Text:“Only those who have ridden a bronco for the first time it was saddled, or have lived through a railroad accident, can form any conception of such an experience,” remarked artist Frederic Remington about Bronco Buster, his first and most acclaimed sculpture. A New Yorker who experienced the West as a young adult, Remington captures the drama and danger of a professional horse breaker in action. As illustrator, painter—see his Indians Simulating Buffalo nearby—and sculptor, Remington romanticized the vanishing “Wild West,” in many ways defining the classic image of the American frontier.
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