Riding into the Sunset
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Riding into the Sunset is a bronze sculpture by Electra Waggoner Biggs, depicting Will Rogers on his horse, Soapsuds. There are four castings, located in Fort Worth, Texas, Claremore, Oklahoma, Lubbock, Texas, and Dallas, Texas.[1]
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Artist | Electra Waggoner Biggs |
Year | 1942 (1942) |
Type | Bronze sculpture |
Dimensions | 2.87 m × 0.91 m × 1.78 m (9 ft 5 in × 3 ft × 5 ft 10 in) |
Location | Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, Texas (original casting) |
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The work was commissioned in 1937, by Amon G. Carter, a friend of Rogers, following Rogers death in 1935. Biggs initially used Soapsuds as her model but was not satisfied with her animal anatomy. While living in New York City, she hired a police horse and model, as well as a veterinarian to check her horse anatomy, to aid in the work's completion.[2]