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Carl Eldh

(Sweden, 1873-1955)
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
535 - 713 EUR
546 - 728 USD
Hammer price
16 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Lisa Gartz
Stockholm
Lisa Gartz
Head Specialist Silver
+46 (0)709 17 99 93
Carl Eldh
(Sweden, 1873-1955)

"Ungdom" (=Youth)

Signed Eldh. Foundry mark H Bergman Fud. Bronz, brown patina. Height 11 cm (with woodbase 15 cm).

Literature

Oscar Antonsson (ed.), "Skulptur i natur", 1939, another cast with the same motif ill. at chapter "Nutida Svensk skulptur".
Karl Asplund, "Carl Eldh", SAK, 1943, the motif mentioned at p. 177-178 and compare ill. pl. 46.

Artist

Carl Eldh is known as a national treasure for his sculptures. After practicing as a decorative woodcarver during his youth, including working on the renovation of Uppsala Cathedral, Eldh travelled to Paris where he remained for several years while attending free classes in drawing and sculpture under the tutorship of Auguste Rodin. At his arrival back in Stockholm, he eventually had Ragnar Östberg build for him a combined residence and studio in Bellevue Park, which remained untouched after his death. Many of his statues can be found in parkes and open places in Stockholm, while his smaller statues are represented at several Swedish museums, one can even go and visit Carl Eldh's home and studio, now a museum open for the public.

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