(American 1861-1909) Bronze with blackish green patination, signed, 22 x 20 including green 1 ¼" oval marble base. Verso on base marked "Dedicated to John Hay Secretary of State 1903".
In his quest for perfection, Remington worked on an enlarged version of his first and most popular sculpture, “The Broncho Buster,” during the last year of his life. The original work was completed in 1895. The artist adapted the subject, a cowboy breaking in a rearing horse, from his drawing “A Pitching Broncho,” published in “Harper’s Weekly” in 1892. This later version was modeled from scratch, in a looser and broader style. Remington died after casting the revised plaster but before any bronzes were produced.