In 1998, TASCHEN introduced the world to the masterful art of Touko Laaksonen with The Art of Pleasure. Prior to that, Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland, enjoyed an intense cult following in the international gay community but was largely unknown to a broader audience. In 2009, TASCHEN followed up with the ultimate Tom overview: Tom of Finland XXL, a beautiful big collector's edition with over 1,000 images, covering six decades of the artist's career. The work was gathered from collections across the United States and Europe with the help of the Tom of Finland Foundation, featuring many drawings, paintings, and sketches never previously reproduced. Other images had only been seen out of context and were finally presented in the sequential order Tom intended for full artistic appreciation and erotic impact. The elegant oversized volume showed the full range of Tom's talent, from sensitive portraits to frank sexual pleasure to tender expressions of love and haunting tributes to young men struck down by AIDS, and was completed by eight commissioned essays on Tom's social and personal impact by Camille Paglia, John Waters, Armistead Maupin, Todd Oldham, and others, plus a scholarly analysis of individual drawings by art historian Edward Lucie-Smith. The only thing missing from Tom of Finland XXL was a widely affordable price tag-until now. The new Tom of Finland XXL is still big enough to work your biceps, and includes all of the original content, but costs a fraction of the original price. You're welcome.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taschen Gmbh
ISBN-13
9783836527248
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221225964
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tom of Finland Xxl
Author
Todd Oldham, Edward Lucie-Smith, Armistead Maupin, John Waters, Camille Paglia
Format
Hardcover
Language
English, French, German
Topic
Erotic Photography
Publication Year
2021
Number of Pages
666 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
342mm
Item Width
245mm
Item Weight
3794g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Camille Paglia, John Waters, Todd Oldham, Armistead Maupin, Edward Lucie-Smith