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    14 Tom of Finland Sketches and Collages That You Haven't Seen Before

    Mikelle Street
    | 04/15/20

    14 Tom of Finland Sketches and Collages That You Haven't Seen Before

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    People use the term iconic a lot but there are a few figures who truly embody it. Tom of Finland, the artist born Touko Laaksonen, is certainly one. Over the span of his career he created works that influenced not only generations of queer artists that would follow him, but also popular culture. His work, in part, helped to set the visual blueprint for the leather community which still reveres him today. And now, 100 years after his birth, David Kordansky Gallery is putting on a digital exhibition featuring "never-before-exhibited drawings in pencil and pen and ink, as well as Tom's personal collages."

    Flip through 14 works below and see the full exhibit on their site, available through May 12, here.

    Untitled (from Trucker's Delivery Series), 1965

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled, c. 1966

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled, c. 1966

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled (Cover for Kake Vol. 15 - "Violent Visitor"), 1971

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled, c. 1972

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled (Preparatory Drawing for Kake Vol. 16 - "Sex on the Train"), 1974

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled (from Kake Vol. 17 - "Loading Zone"), 1975

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    Untitled (from "Circus"), 1975

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled (from "Sex in the Shed"), 1975

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled, c. 1982

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled (from "Sex in the Shed"), 1975

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled (Preparatory Drawing for Kake Vol. 21 - "Greasy Rider"), 1978

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled (Preparatory Drawing), c. 1980

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

    Untitled, 1984

    Art from Tom of Finland's Tom of Finland: 100 Years

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