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Carl Milles

(Sweden, 1875-1955)
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
5 360 - 7 150 EUR
5 660 - 7 550 USD
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Unsold
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Carl Milles
(Sweden, 1875-1955)

Seated lady

Signed Carl Milles. Foundry mark Herm. Bergman fud. Bronze, green patina. Height 39.5 cm. Base 43 x 45 cm.

Provenance

(Probably) Mrs. Schotte / the Schotte family, Lidingö.
Bukowski auktioner AB, auction N:o 362, "Höstauktionen", 5-8 Nov 1958, lot no 1240, illustrated half page in the plate section.

Literature

Conrad Köper, "Carl Milles", 1913, the motif probably identical to "Fru Schotte", catalogued under the headline "Porträttarbeten" ("1901. 'Fru Schotte'. Paris. Gips. Statyett sittande. Tillhör fru Schotte, Lidingön").

More information

The motif probably concieved in Paris 1901. The lot was then cast in Sweden at a later date.
Compare "Kvinnohuvud", sold at Bukowskis Nov 25 2008, lot 289, which was signed "à la francaise": Carl Millés and dated 1901.

Designer

Carl Milles was a Swedish sculptor born in Lägga. He studied at the Technical School in Stockholm, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Auguste Rodin and on study trips to Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. In Paris he came to stay for many years and made a living as an ornament carver. He studied the animals in the Jardin des Plantes (the Zoological Garden) and was strongly influenced by Auguste Rodin. Milles made a breakthrough with a monument to Sten Sture in Uppsala. He exhibited at the World's Fair in 1900 and was later given a solo exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London. Milles was professor of modeling at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm. Well-known sculptures in public places signed by Carl Milles are the "Gustav Vasa" statue at the Nordic Museum, "Orfeusgruppen" outside the concert hall in Stockholm and the "Poseidonfontänen" in Gothenburg.

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