Lot no. 176
Carl MILLÈS (1875-1955). Kampen for Tillvaron / Struggle for Life, model created around 1899-1900. Bronze with brown patina. Signed "Carl Millès". H. 19 W. 40 D. 20 cm Related work: Carl Milles, La Lutte pour la vie, cast before 1929, bronze group on a red Campan des Pyrénées marble base, signed "Carl Millès" on the front, inscribed "ANDRO.FONDEUR.PARIS" on the back, H. 27, W. 68.5, D. 62 cm, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, inv. RF MO S 2016 3. Related literature: - Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Walther E. Heinrich, Charles Marriott, Carl Milles, sculpteur suédois, Brussels, Les Éditions van Oest, 1929 ; - Meyric Rogers, Carl Milles: an interpretation of his work, New Haven, Yale University Presse, 1940. Swedish sculptor Carl Milles lived in Paris between 1897 and 1904. He worked in Auguste Rodin's studio and achieved a certain success with his naturalistic figures. The Millesgården museum near Stockholm is now dedicated to him.
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