This is an original, large bronze of Native American Warriors titled “Study for Unknown Monument” circa 1984 by Richard Vernon Greeves. This is a large bronze showing five Native American Warriors, possibly Eastern Shoshone or Northern Arapaho, signed in the works, “Study for Unknown Monument / RV Greeve’s (copyright) 1984 #50”. Richard Vernon Greeves (1935-2022) was a renowned artist / sculptor who was active from Fort Washakie, Wyoming on the Wind River Indian Reservation since 1951. As a young boy in Missouri he met an Indian girl on the Wind River Reservation and was drawn to the culture, moving there and buying a Trading Post. Greeves is a winner of the Prix de West Purchase Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, winner of the James Earle Fraser Award for Outstanding Artistic Merit at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, this bronze was a study for the monument at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, he has a monument to Chief Washakie and Crazy Horse also at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. This bronze is a study for the monument located at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming which is like titled, “The Unknown” 1985 by R.V. Greeves. The sculpture was made to honor the Plains Indians, with the warriors of known faces from the Wind River Reservation emerging from the earth and wrapped in a traditional buffalo robe and in native dress, signifying the importance of maintaining tradition while looking outward towards the unforeseeable changes that the future brings. This bronze is in very well kept condition with no signs of damage. Measures overall without any base 18 ¾-inches by 15-inches by 11 ½-inches. These Unknown bronzes are uncommon with one of “The Unknown” bronzes being offered by Wilcox Gallery for $12,500. It has also been offered at many auctions being valued as high as $8,000.