An impressive bronze sculpture after Frederic Remington’s celebrated ‘The Bronco Buster’, depicting a cowboy astride a bucking horse

Full of energy and movement, the composition captures the rider balancing in the saddle, one arm extended with a whip while the other grips near the horse’s mane. The horse’s arched neck, raised forelegs and flowing tail create a dramatic silhouette, complemented by the detailed modelling of the cowboy’s hat, neckerchief, chaps and saddle.

The rich, dark brown bronze finish has warm highlights that bring out the textured surfaces and sculptural detail. The figure stands on an integral rectangular base with a naturalistically modelled surface.

A substantial and characterful decorative piece, well suited to a country house, study or entrance hall, where it would make a striking focal point on a console table or sideboard.

Circa, 20th century 

Original sculpture by Frederic Remington, The Broncho Buster, 1895. The Broncho Buster, the first and best-known sculpture by Frederic Remington, is recognized as an icon of American art. Based on the composition of an 1882 illustration for Harper’s Weekly titled “A Pitching Bronco,” the preliminary clay sculpture was completed in 1895 and copyrighted in October of that year. The work, with horse and rider twisting upward through space in one fluid, serpentine movement, represents a break from the static formula used in most equine sculpture of Remington’s day. An acknowledged metaphor for the taming of the West, the subject of a cowboy breaking an unruly horse was by far his most popular, suggested in the more than three hundred casts created during the artist’s lifetime.