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Riding into the Sunset
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.
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
Rogers Museum, and a garden containing the entertainer's tomb. The casting of "Riding into the Sunset" was initially placed near the front entrance to the museum, but was later moved to beside the tomb, overlooking the city of Claremore.
Castings Lubbock, Texas.
The Amon G. Carter Foundation donated the casting of "Riding into the Sunset" to Texas Tech University in 1950. Carter was the first chairman of the university's board of regents when it was founded in 1923. The sculpture is located in what