OGDENSBURG — Frederic Remington's favorite bronze will be coming to the Frederic Remington Art Museum this weekend.

"It's really an important piece," said Edward A. LaVarnway, the museum's executive director. The statue will be on display at the museum Monday.

Although Mr. LaVarnway said he could not say how long the piece will remain there, he expects it to be at least one year.

The piece will be the second "Rattlesnake" on display at the museum. The 100th casting of the "Rattlesnake" has been among the museum's 17 bronze statues for several years.

The "Rattlesnake" on loan is the 14th casting of the original clay mold. The mold loses detail with each casting, so the lower the casting number, the more detailed and valuable the piece is. However, the numbers for the "Rattlesnake" statues are not accurate, Mr. LaVarnway said.

When Remington created the mold for the "Rattlesnake," he did not like the final product. After casting 11 statues, he broke the mold and recast a larger "Rattlesnake," which is the version coming to the museum. Although the mold was new, he continued with the number scheme.

"It's really the equivalent of a lower number, it's actually the third of this 'Rattlesnake,'" Mr. LaVarnway said.

What is commonly called "the larger Rattlesnake" shows a rider and horse bucking in reaction to a rattlesnake at the base of the sculpture.

The statue coming to the museum has been in private hands for several years.

Before being loaned to the museum, the statue was on display at the White House for 12 years during administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. A "Bronco Buster," Remington's most well-known piece, has been on display in the Oval Office since 1976.

The piece will be on display in the museum's Albert P. Newell section, close to the "Rattlesnake No. 100."

"It's set up to compare the two," Mr. LaVarnway said. "You can really see the difference."