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Carl Milles

(Sweden, 1875-1955)
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25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 290 - 2 750 EUR
2 330 - 2 790 USD
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22 000 SEK
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Camilla Behrer
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Carl Milles
(Sweden, 1875-1955)

two pewter candlesticks, Herman Bergman AB, Stockholm 1927 and 1930.

In the shape of a fish on an oval base, maker's marks of Herman Bergman, Stockholm A8 (1927) and D8 (1930), measurements 11 x 9,3 cm, height 12,5 cm.

Slight wear.

Exhibitions

This model was shown at the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition in the Nordiska Kompaniet showroom, standing on a desk by Axel Einar Hjorth "Griffith".
The plaster cast for these are in the Millesgården collections.

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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