Orginal Antique Austrian Cowboy Bronze Carl Kauba Bronco Buster 9" Sculpture

Up for consideration is a fine Antique Late 19th early 20th Century Western Bronze by important Austrian Artist Carl Kauba  (1865-1922) titled Bronco Buster. The bronze sits on a wonderful natural poslished stone base. It is signed in the grass and sports all the trimmings of being an early casted piece including but not limited to imporant early natural stone base distinct early reins and turn of the century mounting hardware. It measures including the base 9 inches with the piece itself measuring just under 7 inches. It comes from my personal collection of which I owned for years that I am now selling off. If you have any questions or something to share please message me.           Please see photos as part of the description. If you have any questions, concerns or something to share please message me. As always after 26 years of online dedicated service I am winding down and selling off my personal collection...all pieces are guaranteed authentic...JohnnyCrystal is a name you  can trust...This Austrian sculptor was born in Vienna in 1865. His teachers were Karl Waschmann (1848-1905), known for his ivory sculptures and portrait plaquettes of contemporary celebrities, and Stefan Schwartz (1851-1924), who exhibited in Paris, including the Exposition Universelle of 1900 where he won a gold medal. Kauba's intricate bronzes, imported to the United States between 1895 and 1912, were cast at the Roman Bronze Works. Kauba was part of the nineteenth-century tradition of polychrome bronze sculpture. There were several types of patinas on a single statue: he could render the color of buckskin, variously tinted shirts, blankets, feathers, as well as beaded moccasins. Reportedly, Kauba came to America around 1886. Inspired by the Western tales of German author Karl May, he traveled to the West and made sketches and models. Besides the variety of color, Kauba's bronzes show a great range of textures and his style is highly naturalistic. The sculptor loved ornament, some of which he rendered with coiled wire for reins, rope and feathers in headdresses. He successfully rendered figures in motion and often executed compositions with more than one figure. Berman (1974) illustrates non-Western subjects by Kaula, such as the pendants Where? and There (ca. 1910), a seated Scottish couple, impressive in the expressions and the details on patterned fabrics of both sitters. Another genre piece is Buster Brown, ca. 1910, and Nude on Vase shows Kauba's versatility even further. The smooth skin contrasts with the stylistic, plant-like vase. Sources: Card, Helen L. Salute to the Westerners: Bronzes by Remington and Kauba. New York: n.d. [rare sale catalogue]; Berman, Harold. Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders 1800-1930. Chicago: Abage Publishers, 1974, nos. 388, 389, 570, 595; Broder, Patricia Janis. Bronzes of the American West. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973, pp. 216-222. The Art of Carl Kauba. Sales pamphlet (New York: Latendorfer Gallery, n.d.) Submitted by Michael Preston Worley, Ph.D. Best Regards, Johnny JohnnyCrystal Est. 1987