The Sergeant
"The Sergeant" is Remington’s smallest sculpture and one of his most commercially successful. The bust of a weathered, mustachioed Rough Rider commends the cowboys who volunteered for service in the First United States Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish-American War of 1898. It came to have a pendant in "The Savage" (39.65.51a, b) four years later. Both, miniaturized in scale, represent early-twentieth-century stereotypes rather than specific individuals.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Sergeant
- Artist: Frederic Remington (American, Canton, New York 1861–1909 Ridgefield, Connecticut)
- Founder: Cast by Roman Bronze Works
- Date: 1904, cast before 1939
- Culture: American
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 5 1/4 x 4 in. (26.4 x 13.3 x 10.2 cm)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939
- Object Number: 39.65.52a, b
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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Frederic Remington
1902
Frederic Remington
1923–60
Multiple artists/makers
October 1890
Frederic Remington
1902
Frederic Remington
Roman Bronze Works
1905, revised 1908; this cast, before 1939
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