Editing Per Hasselberg (section)

=== Näckrosen (Water Lily, Stockholm 1892) ===
''Näckrosen'' was first exhibited in plaster cast at the Danish art society [[Kunstforeningen]] in [[Copenhagen]] 1892 and later that year in Gothenburg/Sweden.<ref>{{cite book | last=Torell | first=Ulf | title=Per Hasselberg: den nakna sensualismens skulptör | publisher=Ronneby hembygdsförening | publication-place=Ronneby | year=2007 | isbn=978-91-975092-3-7 | oclc=192057192 | language=sv | pages=241–247}}</ref> In 1893, it was exhibited at the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in [[Chicago]].

The statue shows a young woman lying on her back, floating on a large water lily leaf, surrounded by water lilies, and heads of old men symbolizing [[Merman|mermen]]. The first part of the flower's name ''näck'' in Scandinavia means [[Neck (water spirit)|water spirit]]. So a literal translation of ''Näckrosen'' would be ''Water Spirit Rose''. While this association is usually not present when talking about the flower, Hasselberg here made it unavoidable by the heads of old men in the water. On the backside of the statue, there is a tree stump that holds a chain with a large padlock, apparently indicating that the large water lily leaf was put on chain.