The Broncho Buster
Artist
Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909)American, 1861–1909
Manufacturercast at
Roman Bronze Works, New York(American)American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Broncho Buster
Date1895 (this version cast in 1906)
Fabricated inNew York, United States
MediumBronze, green over brown patina, lost-wax cast
Dimensions22 5/8 × 22 3/4 × 15 1/4 in. (57.5 × 57.8 × 38.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Hogg Brothers Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number43.73
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
110 Glassell Sculpture Court
Exposé
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Department
American ArtObject Type
"Frederic Remington and the Story of the West," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 17–September 1, 1991.
Bayou Bend Museum of Americana at Tenneco, Houston, Texas, September 22, 1991–February 26, 1993.
"The American Landscape East to West: Themes in Painting and Photography, 1780-1910," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 6, 2003-January 19, 2004.
"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7 July 2012 - 2 January 2013.
"The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 18, 2013–April 13, 2014; Denver Art Museum, Colorado, May 9–August 31, 2014, cat. no. 51.
Published References The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925. Thayer Tolles and Thomas Brent Smith. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in association with Yale University Press, 2013. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Denver Art Museum in Colorado. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed on top of base at edge near proper right hind leg of horse:
"ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N. Y."
Cast Number (?) inscribed on underside of Base:
"49"
"ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N. Y."
Cast Number (?) inscribed on underside of Base:
"49"
Signature in cast bronze on top of base: "Copyright by Frederic Remington"
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