"Heraldiskt lejon" (=Heraldic lion)
Signed C. Milles. Foundry mark H. Bergman Konstgj. AB. Numbered 4/12. The motif conceived 1923. Postum cast. Bronze, gold patina. Height 22.5 cm.
Erik Näslund, "Carl Milles - en biografi", 1991, listed among his work at p. 335.
Henrik Cornell, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, "Carl Milles", 1963, listed among his work at p. 253.
M.P. Verneuil, "Carl Milles - Scupteur Suédois", Bryssel, 1929, mentioned at p. 56 and ill. pl. 37.
The composition "Heraldiska lejonet" (Heraldic Lion) is a sketch for a never-executed monument in Gothenburg, Sweden. A sketch was exhibited at the Gothenburg City's 300th-anniversary celebration, the so-called "Jubileumsutställningen” (Jubilee Exhibition) in Gothenburg in 1923. Two heraldic lions were intended to be erected as a monument on Götaplatsen, but Milles changed his mind, and instead, the Posedionbrunnen (Poseidon Fountain) was erected on the site.