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Edvard Eriksen
b. Copenhagen 1876, d. s. p. 1959
"The Little Mermaid". Signed Edvard Eriksen.
Patinated bronze sculpture. H. 96 cm.
In 1913 "The Little Mermaid" was placed on Langelinie,
Copenhagen. The sculpture was financed by the brewer Carl
Jacobsen. Originally Jacobsen's plan was to place the sculpture
in an artificial waterbasin surrounded by an arrangement of
flowers. But after some time, Edvard Eriksen managed to talk
Jacobsen into placing the mermaid in a more natural
surrounding on a rock by the seaside. The figure is executed in
three different sizes, of which this one is half the size of the
original sculpture, thereby making it the largest of the three
bronze-variations excluding the one in 4/5 size displayed in
Osaka, Japan. In accordance with the artist's testament no
subsequent copies were to be made in the same size as “The
Little Mermaid” on Langelinie.
Literature: "Den lille Havfrue" (The Little Mermaid), Det
Berlingske Bogtrykkeri (printing house), 1960. Egon Eriksen,
"Edvard Eriksen og Den lille Havfrue" (Edvard Eriksen and
the Little Mermaid), 1998, mentioned herein, reproduced p. 25.
The Little Mermaid (Danish: Den lille havfrue) is a fairy tale by
the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a
young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity
as a merperson to gain a human soul and the love of a human
prince. The tale was first published in 1837 and has been
adapted to various media including musical theater and animated
film. DKK 300.000 / € 40.000
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