Trooper of the Plains

Frederic Remington

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Trooper of the Plains" depicts a cavalry soldier on horseback, brandishing a revolver. The galloping horse is supported by only a clump of sage brush. Remington enjoyed experimenting with daring, gravity-defying poses that indicated his technical mastery of the sculptural process. The artist copyrighted "Trooper of the Plains" in 1909, the year of his death. The Metropolitan’s bronze is almost certainly a posthumous, unauthorized cast done by Roman Bronze Works.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art