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Dark bronze statue of a cowboy in a wide-brimmed hat riding a rearing bucking horse on a rocky oval base, against a plain gray background.

The Broncho Buster (cast #86), bronze sculpture

A dark bronze sculpture shows a rider in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat gripping a rearing horse that twists upward on a rocky oval base. The rider's left arm stretches out for balance while the horse's hind legs push against the ground, creating a dynamic diagonal composition.

Artist
Frederic Remington
Date
modeled 1895, cast 1909
Medium
bronze
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2566 × 3000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1909).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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