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Jussi Mäntynen

(Finland, 1887-1978)
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 440 - 2 920 EUR
2 830 - 3 400 USD
Hammer price
50 000 SEK
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Lisa Gartz
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Lisa Gartz
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Jussi Mäntynen
(Finland, 1887-1978)

"Lone Polar Bear"

Signed Jussi Mäntynen and dated 1940. Bronze, brown patina. Height 23 cm.

Literature

"Jussi Mäntynen's animal sculptures", exhibition catalogue, The Gösta Serlachius Museum of Fine Arts, Mänttä, Finland, April 28 - October 1, 1995, compare p. 60.
"Djurskulpturer av Jussi Mäntynen", Ensio Rislakki (ed.), 1949, compare ill. at p. 94 (there called "Ruler of the icebergs").