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1904 The Sergeant
During a period of only four years, Remington produced a
total of three bronzes. One of which was the 1904 casting, The Sergeant.
This is the smallest of Remington’s castings standing less than eleven
inches tall. This bronze shows the hard life of a tough, weathered, and
sharp-nosed Sergeant. The idea of a smaller bronze was that of Riccardo
Bertelli, head founder of the foundry so that in return the public could
more easily acquire a Remington bronze. This casting had at least three
times as many signed castings than another one of comparable size known
as The Savage, produced during the same four years.
Quite often this bronze is mistaken for a grizzle veteran of
the Indian wars. But, indeed this was not the intent of Remington; he
wanted it to be a tribute to the First U.S. Volunteer Calvary, the Rough
Riders, whom he rode with and respected so much. The Sergeant combines
two types of Remington’s works the cowpuncher and the solider.
Later on the Remington Art Memorial gave permission for there to be
recasting in the 1950’s and continued on until the early 1960’s. This
was all under the agreement that all pieces casted during this period
would be stamped “R.A.M.” to differentiate between the other pieces.
By: Shannon J. Hatfield
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