Triton holding a child
Signed C. Milles and numbered 1/12. Foundry mark DBB Cire-Perdue. Bronze, dark patina. Height 55 cm.
Axel Linds Kunstmuseum Grenen, Skagen, Denmark.
Editor Eva and Axel Lind, "Grenen Kunstmuseum, Skagen",1977, the lot at the auction mentioned at page 85.
Editor Axel Lind, "Grenen Kunstmuseum - 20 års jubileumskatalog", the lot at the auction as picture, page 84, mentioned page 80.
A recurring theme in Carl Milles's work is the mythological beings in the ocean. He returned often to the Tritons in all their forms. His large fountain sculptures such as "The Meeting of the Waters," "Europa and the bull," The Poseidon fountain" and "The Triton fountain" exhibit Poseidon's children -- the demigods.