Dirty pictures
Subtitle: Tom of Finland, masculinity, and homosexuality
By: Micha Ramakers.
Contributors: Tom, of Finland, 1920-1991.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Tom, of Finland, 1920-1991 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Erotic drawing -- Finland.; Gay men in art.
Description: "The art of Touko Laaksonen (1920-1991), famous throughout the world as Tom of Finland, has had an impact upon the culture at large. In this study, Micha Ramakers explores the work and its effect. Illustrated with more than eighty drawings and photographs, Dirty Pictures is lively and entertaining. It encompasses the rise of the gay movement, the world of fine art, the function and functioning of pornography, and the impact of the artist known as Tom of Finland."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.