On the heels of his smash hit The Bronco Buster (0827.33, 0827.34), Frederic Remington must have been disappointed by the poor sales of his second work, The Wounded Bunkie (0826.35). Only 12 sand casts were made at Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company compared to 64 of The Bronco Buster, and no lost-wax casts were made later. The $400 sticker price and the sad subject, a wounded soldier, may explain its lack of popularity. The Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company dominated American art bronze production at the time Remington entered the market, and their skilled workmanship is evident on this cast, which is made in more than 10 separate sections joined after casting. The finishing work—putting the sections together, disguising the joins, plugging holes and coloring the surface—is first rate. Can you see any joins?

From the exhibition:Frontier to Foundry: the Making of Small Bronze Sculpture in the Gilcrease Collection, December 2014 - March 2015.
Ann Boulton Young, Associate Conservator for the Gilcrease Museum, 2014.

This lifetime cast does not have a cast number.

Ann Boulton Young, Associate Conservator for the Gilcrease Museum, 2018