Carl Milles
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"Sunglitter", "Naiad and dolphin"
Signed C. Milles and numbered 2/12. Foundry mark Danske Billedhuggeres broncestøber. Bronze, green patina. Height 79 cm, width 71 cm. The original executed 1917-18.
Saleroom notice
Numbered 2/12. Foundry mark Danske Billedhuggeres brocestøber.
Provenance
Axel Linds Kunstmuseum Grenen, Skagen, Denmark.
Literature
M.P. Verneuil, "Carl Milles - Scupteur Suédois", Brysell, 1929, compare plate no 23 och 24.
Henrik Cornell, "Milles skönhetsvärld",1957, compare pictures no 11-12.
Henrik Cornell, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, "Carl Milles", 1963, page 49.
Henrik Cornell, "Carl Milles - hans liv och hans vänner", 1968, page 49.
Editor Eva and Axel Lind, "Grenen Kunstmuseum, Skagen",1977, the lot at the auction on the front cover, mentioned page 85.
Erik Näslund, "Carl Milles - en biografi", 1991, page 178.
Editor Axel Lind, "Grenen Kunstmuseum - 20 års jubileumskatalog", the lot at the auction as picture, page 84, mentioned page 80.
More information
n 1917, one of Carl Milles's most famous sculptures was conceived - "Sun Glitter." The naiad that rides on its dolphin is said to have been a favorite figure of the artist. Carl Milles is known as the master of fountains and also created "The Little Triton" and "The Little Naiad" the same year. His earlier work depicted a heavier shape, but during this period, he loosens up the forms and makes them more floating. Tritons, ocean gods, dolphins, fishes and nymphs became the perfect beings for Milles to use to express liberation. He worked on the naiad theme in the Susan Fountain from 1916 and created "Sun Glitter." The liveliness and freedom in the details gives the sculpture a feeling of defying gravitation. It stands outside the Swedish Institute's building, which was designed by Tengbom in 1940, in Rome.
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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