Lot Details
Lot 172
Prince Paul Troubetzkoy
Russian, 1866-1938
Bronco Buster, 1916
Signed Paul Troubetzkoy and dated on the base, with Roman Bronze Works, New York, foundry mark
Bronze, gray/black patina
Height 21 3/4 inches (55.2 cm).
Bronco Buster is one of several of Troubetzkoy's sculptures inspired by the American West. The artist's first Western subject, a bronze group of a horse and rider entitled The Indian Scout, was created in 1893. It was likely inspired by the visit of Buffalo Bill Cody's traveling circus to Milan, where Troubetzkoy resided at the time. Two decades later, Troubetzkoy traveled to the United States for his first American show, which was held in New York in February-March of 1911. In 1914, he returned to New York for a show at Knoedler & Co., and as World War I broke out, he was forced to remain in the United States. Gaining greater exposure to the country while traveling from coast to coast, Troubetzkoy created a number of works with American subjects, such as the present lot and the monument in Los Angeles to General Harrison Gray Otis, a veteran of the Civil War and Spanish-American War and publisher of the Los Angeles Times.
Other casts of this model were sold Christie's, New York, September 12, 2007, lot 126, and Sotheby's, New York, May 24, 2006, lot 225.
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Additional Notes & Condition Report
In good condition, with light rubbing to patina at high points and minor abrasions to edges in areas; one rein broken in two pieces, but both pieces are still present.
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