Group of four underground softcover magazines of the Finnish artist's erotic drawings, 1970-76:
1.
Best of Tom 1. 44 pp. Unknown publisher, circa 1972. Covers good, with minor discoloration, else fine.
2.
Best of Tom 2. 42 pp. Unknown publisher, circa 1973. Covers very good, with some discoloration and a small tear to rear cover along spine, else fine.
3. Tom of Finland. 28 pp. "NPC" and "Album 1" to front cover; includes the essay "Why Physique Art?" by M. Erick Evans. Otherwise unknown publisher, circa 1970. Covers clear and the artwork pops; two small stains to front and rear covers, else fine.
4. The Men by Tom of Finland. 44 pp. Stated "for adults only"; with an uncredited introduction. House One, California,1976. Covers clear.
Tom of Finland was the pseudonym of the Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen, whose stylized homoerotic drawings of hypermasculine men became defining images of twentieth-century gay culture.
Group of four underground softcover magazines of the Finnish artist's erotic drawings, 1970-76:
1.
Best of Tom 1. 44 pp. Unknown publisher, circa 1972. Covers good, with minor discoloration, else fine.
2.
Best of Tom 2. 42 pp. Unknown publisher, circa 1973. Covers very good, with some discoloration and a small tear to rear cover along spine, else fine.
3. Tom of Finland. 28 pp. "NPC" and "Album 1" to front cover; includes the essay "Why Physique Art?" by M. Erick Evans. Otherwise unknown publisher, circa 1970. Covers clear and the artwork pops; two small stains to front and rear covers, else fine.
4. The Men by Tom of Finland. 44 pp. Stated "for adults only"; with an uncredited introduction. House One, California,1976. Covers clear.
Tom of Finland was the pseudonym of the Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen, whose stylized homoerotic drawings of hypermasculine men became defining images of twentieth-century gay culture.