El Resero, Bronze and granite sculpture in Mataderos, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
El Resero is a bronze and granite sculpture depicting a mounted cattle herder located at the intersection of Avenida Lisandro de la Torre and Avenida de los Corrales. The figure displays details of traditional equipment and posture characteristic of this type of livestock work.
The municipality of Buenos Aires commissioned sculptor Emilio Jacinto Sarniguet in 1929 to create this monument, which was completed in 1932. Its construction came at a time when Argentina sought to celebrate its historical roots in cattle ranching.
This monument honors the traditional Argentine cattle herders who shaped the rural identity of the Pampas region through their livestock work. It stands as a symbol for a way of life that once defined the country's economy and culture.
The sculpture stands at the entrance to Mercado de Liniers and serves as a central landmark for orientation in the Mataderos neighborhood. Visitors find the intersection easily accessible and can view the work comfortably from the street.
The 10-peso coins issued from 1962 to 1968 carried an image of this work on one face. Critics claimed the horse's gait was anatomically wrong, but Sarniguet had modelled it on a pasuco horse, which moves foreleg and hind leg on the same side to give a steadier ride.
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