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Carl Milles(Sweden, 1875-1955)
"Poseidon"
Hammer price
140 000SEK
Estimate
140 000 - 150 000 SEK

"Poseidon"

Signed Carl Milles. Foundry mark Erik Pettersson Fud. Bronze, green patina. Height 53.5 cm (including wood base 58.5 cm).

Literature

M. P. Verneuil, "Carl Milles. Sculpteur suédois", 1929, compare pp. 66-78.
Henrik Cornell, "Milles skönhetsvärld", 1957, compare pp. 26-28 and pl. 28-31
Henrik Cornell, "Carl Milles", SAK 1963, compare pp. 76-82.
Erik Näslund, "Carl Milles. En biografi", 1991, compare pp. 209-212.
ed. Millesgården, "Carl Milles Millesgården", 2011, compare p.10.

More about Carl Milles

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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