Woman on Water Lilies

Carl Milles

Metal alloy, height 25.5 cm, diameter 43 cm. Signed Milles. Foundry mark Eug. Blot, Paris. Conceived 1899-1900. PROVENANCE Bukowskis auction 589, 3 December 2015, lot 950. LITERATURE Conrad Köper, "Carl Milles", 1913. A plaster version of the motif is depicted on p. 3 (photo from the studio in Paris circa 1900). Listed in the catalogue raisonné under "Paris 1897-1900, Smaller works", p. 178 as "Femme aux nuphars"... "The model belongs to Blot, Paris". Henrik Cornell, "Carl Milles, hans verk", 1963, Listed in the catalogue raisonné under 1899-1900 as "Femme aux nuphars", (Described together with two other sculptures as "Unknown models for execution in bronze or pewter, belonging to art dealers in Paris"), p. 247. Erik Näslund, "Carl Milles - en biografi", 1991, The motif is listed in the catalogue raisonné p. 332 as "Femme aux nuphars" and dated 1899-1900.