"The Elk and the Little Princess"
"Over there you see the fairies. They seem kind and friendly but never trust them and beware of them. Hold my horns tightly with both hands, don't talk to them and pretend you don't see them and they won't have power over you.”
With inspiration from Helge Kjellin's "The Tale of the Moose Bull Skutt and the Little Princess Tuvstarr" with illustrations by John Bauer in 1913. The moose Skutt takes the princess Tuvstarr on an adventure and tries to teach her about the world.
Since early childhood Helle Bang has been inspired by the beautiful mystery of nature. From the girl's childhood fascination around the Limfjord to the artist's eternal source of inspiration and creation. In nature there is both heaven and earth, energy and harmony.
This is where our contemporary artist finds her calling to create an enchanting tribute in bronze – a tribute to art, history, nature and the magical world of John Bauer. The sculptures are handcrafted from scratch in clay inspired by John Bauer's famous fairy tale world and cast in bronze in a unique edition of 36. After casting, the works are carefully polished and processed by the artist.
Galleri Melefors together with the artist Helle Bang donate SEK 1,000 per sold sculpture from the Bauer Collection Edition 36 for the benefit of Lisa Bauer & The Bauer Quartet and their work in setting John Bauer's artwork to music and song. For all sold works in the edition of 11 different works, the scholarship amounts to a total of SEK 396,000.
Technique: Bronze
Size: Height 17 cm
Edition: 36
John Bauer Edition 36 is a limited collection of 11 sculptures in edition 36 where Nos. 1-6 are offered as a complete collection with all 11 sculptures and from Nos. 7-36 individual works are offered.