"De moderslösa" (The orphans)
Signed J. Mäntynen and dated 1935. Bronze, brown patina. Height 42.5 cm.
Bought from the artist in 1946 thereafter inherited.
Ed. Ensio Rislakki, "Djurskulpturer av Jussi Mäntynen", 1949, the motif described and. compare ill. at p. 42.
Maritta Pitkänen, "Skulptör Jussi Mäntynens djurskulpturer", The Gösta Serlachius Museum of Fine Arts publication 1995, the motif ill. at p. 58.
Original receipt from the artist enclosed.