Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 139

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)


"AUA American Uniform Association 4th Annual Review New York City Oct. 9-12 1981."
Offset poster. 432x280 mm; 17x11 inches. Signed and dated "Tom-81" in ink, lower right, additionally inscribed and signed "Best wishes to Denis / Tom" to friend and collector Denis Morin in blue ink, right lower center margin. 1981.
The American Uniform Association was an organization for the LGBTQ community who were into uniforms and the people who wore them. Their annual Columbus Day/Canadian Thanksgiving weekend gathering took place in a different North American city. Tom of Finland was invited to design this poster for their third gathering, in New York City.