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Carl Milles

(Sweden, 1875-1955)
Estimate
1 400 000 - 1 600 000 SEK
125 000 - 143 000 EUR
128 000 - 147 000 USD
Hammer price
1 000 000 SEK
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Lisa Gartz
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Carl Milles
(Sweden, 1875-1955)

Naiad and dolphin

Green patina. Height 81 cm, width 71 cm (stonebase, height 76 cm enclosed). The original executed 1917-18.

Literature

Erik Näslund, "Carl Milles - en biografi", 1991, sid 178.
Henrik Cornell, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, "Carl Milles", 1963, sid 49.
M.P. Verneuil, "Carl Milles - Scupteur Suédois", Brysell, 1929, plasch 23 och 24.

More information

År 1917 tillkom en av Carl Milles mest berömda skulpturer – ”Solglitter”. Najaden som rider fram på sin delfin lär ha varit en av konstnärens egna favoriter. Carl Milles är känd som fontänernas mästare och samma år skapade han även "Lilla Tritonen" och "Lilla najaden". Hans tidigare verk innehöll en större tyngd men nu lättades formerna upp och blev mer svävande. Havsgudar, tritoner, nymfer, sjöjungfrur, delfiner, fiskar och odjur som motiv passade Milles som ville uttrycka det frigjorda. Han bearbetade najadens tema i Susanna-fontänen från år 1916 och skapade den på delfinen framstormande ”Solglitter”. Hårets och simfenornas fladdrande ornament fyller verket med en svävande rörelse och en livlighet som tycks trotsa tyngdlagen. I offentlig miljö finns "Solglitter" på gården till den av Tengbom år 1940 ritade byggnaden som tillhör Svenska Institutet i Rom.

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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