Carl Milles
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a rare pair of pewter candlesticks and an inkstand, Herman Bergman konstgjuteri, Stockholm 1927-29.
Inkwell in the shape of Jonah and the whale on an oval base with a ribbed edge, glass insert, candlesticks in the shape of fish, oval base, stamped HB AB with year marks A8 and C8 respectively. Inkwell length 16 cm, height 11.5 cm, candlesticks height 13 cm.
Wear, patina.
Provenance
Anders Börje, nephew of the artist Gideon Börje (1891-1965).
Exhibitions
The models were displayed in villa 42 at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930 in an exclusive interior designed by Nordiska Kompaniet's chief architect Axel Einar Hjorth.
Literature
The plaster models can be found in the collections of Millesgården.
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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