This stylistic mermaid is one of six figures surrounding the elaborate fountain at Götaplatsen square. She holds two fishes. Each has a nozzle that spays water towards the tall statue of Poseidon who in Greek mythology is the god of the oceans. Along the basin are carved reliefs of marine animals. After Swedish artist Carl Milles created this ensemble in the early 1930s, he moved to the United States where he enjoyed a prolific career as a sculptor for the next twenty years.
