Frederic remington american on view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 765 equal parts trapper and explorer the rocky mountain man played a central role in the north american fur trade which reached its peak in the 1830s and 1840s.
Frederic remington mountain man original.
Mountain man was remington s 9th bronze and was completed in 1903.
The statue has a variety of textures and is sharply delineated.
They were the broncho buster the wounded bunkie the wicked pony and the scalp.
24m from the base to the top of the mans head.
Measurement does not include the marble.
Frederic remington 1861 1909 cast 22 different subjects.
It s subject is of an old iroquois trapper and horse descending a steep hill and their motion is suspended in mid stride.
The first foundry with which he worked was the henry bonnard bronze company in new york.
From the horses head to tail is approx.