The Broncho Buster

Frederic Remington American
 Cast by Roman Bronze Works

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

"With me, cowboys are what gems and porcelain are to some others," said Remington in 1895, the year he copyrighted this sculpture, his first and most popular. It won quick acclaim for its expressive rendering of a rough-and-ready cowboy breaking in a wild horse, symbolically exerting control over the western frontier. The white American cowboy outfitted in a Stetson hat, neckerchief, chaps, and boots became mythologized as the ideal expression of post–Civil War masculinity.

The Broncho Buster, Frederic Remington (American, Canton, New York 1861–1909 Ridgefield, Connecticut), Bronze, American

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The Broncho Buster, Frederic Remington (American, Canton, New York 1861–1909 Ridgefield, Connecticut), Bronze, American
The Broncho Buster, Frederic Remington (American, Canton, New York 1861–1909 Ridgefield, Connecticut), Bronze, American
The Broncho Buster, Frederic Remington (American, Canton, New York 1861–1909 Ridgefield, Connecticut), Bronze, American

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