Bronze Patriots

Edition Size 900 S/N - Artist Proofs 150 * 

Image Size 17-1/4" X 34-3/4"

Price $180

Artist Proof $230

A brief history follows the picture.

Most of the great myths of the American West were born following the end of the Civil War in 1890.  Imagination was captured by the deeds of cowboys, homesteaders, outlaws, cavalrymen and great Native American chiefs and warriors such as Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Cochise, and Geronimo.  The history of that era and the legends that followed from it continue to fascinate us, but some of the most important participants are strangely missing:  the Black men and women who were an integral part of the "Wild West."  These Black men rode the range as cowboys and built homesteads on the Prairie.   They shot it out with the bad guys as United States marshals and robbed and killed as outlaws.

By the time the Indian Wars were over, both Black and Native Americans had lost.  Even in defeat, they suffered no disgrace.  In the face of the government's determination to drive them to the finger of society, they often acted with incredible heroism and an integrity that deserves our honor.

Reference:  Cox, Clinton.  The Forgotten Heroes:  The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers.  New York:  Scholastic, Inc. 1993.