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Jussi Mäntynen

(Finland, 1887-1978)
Estimate
40 000 - 50 000 SEK
3 580 - 4 470 EUR
3 660 - 4 580 USD
Hammer price
110 000 SEK
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Lisa Gartz
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Jussi Mäntynen
(Finland, 1887-1978)

"Lone Polar Bear"

Signed Jussi Mäntynen and dated 1941. The motif conceived 1940. bronze, green/dark patina. Height 21.5 cm. Length 34 cm.

Literature

"Jussi Mäntynen's animal sculptures", exhibition catalogue, The Gösta Serlachius Museum of Fine Arts, Mänttä, Finland, April 28 - October 1, 1995, compare a copy in marble ill. at p. 60 (catalogue no 55, there called "Lone Polar Bear).
"Djurskulpturer av Jussi Mäntynen", Ensio Rislakki (ed.), 1949. Compare a copy in marble ill. at p. 77.