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Carl Milles

(Sweden, 1875-1955)
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
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Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
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Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
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Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
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Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Carl Milles, ”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).
Estimate
150 000 - 200 000 SEK
13 400 - 17 900 EUR
13 700 - 18 300 USD
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Carl Milles
(Sweden, 1875-1955)

”A la belle Étoile” (Under the stars).

Signed Carl Milles. Palster. Gips
L. 59.5 cm. W. 48.5 cm. H. 30.5 cm. Period, probably french base in oak. L. 72 cm. B. 63 cm. H. 72 cm.

Provenance

Psychotherapist and writer Poul Bjerre (Gothenburg 1876-1964 Grödinge, Södermanland), a gift from the artist.

Literature

C. Köper, Carl Milles, 1913, pp. 67-69, In the list of work, p. 178, under the year 1902, "”A la belle Etoile”. Plaster. Onder Doctor. P. Bjerre, Stockholm”

More information

Executed in Paris in 1902. The model was carved in 1904 in a gray or blue-green savonite stone from Norway of approximately the same size (Millesgården M181) (Köper, op. cit., under 1904 "A la belle Etoile". Limestone example. In the artist's house", pictured p. 67).

Artist

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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