"Excelsior"
Signed Jussi Mäntynen and dated 1940. Foundry mark A. Pettersson Konstgjuteri. Bronze, brown/green patina. Height 55.5 cm.
"Djurskulpturer av Jussi Mäntynen" (Ed. Ensio Rislakki), 1949, compare sculpture with the same motif ill. at p. 76.
Exhibition catalogue, Gösta Serlachius Artmuseum, "Skulptör Jussi Mäntynens djurskulpturer", 28 April - 1 October 1995, compare sculpture with the same motif ill. front page and at p. 77.