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The Broncho Buster

Founder Cast by Roman Bronze Works
1895, revised 1909, cast by November 1910
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 765
Remington’s first sculpture, The Broncho Buster, was celebrated as an expressive rendering of an iconic American cowboy—an "authentic" man hardened by experience. Here, the White cowboy singlehandedly tames a wild horse, a metaphor for his confident dominion over nature and, by extension, Euro-American colonization of Indigenous lands. Remington produced this enlarged version of his most popular sculpture during the last year of his life. He died after casting the revised plaster, but before any bronzes were produced.

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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Broncho Buster
  • Artist: Frederic Remington (American, Canton, New York 1861–1909 Ridgefield, Connecticut)
  • Founder: Cast by Roman Bronze Works
  • Date: 1895, revised 1909, cast by November 1910
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: 32 1/4 x 27 1/4 x 15 in. (81.9 x 69.2 x 38.1 cm)
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939
  • Object Number: 39.65.45
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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