Aug 19, 2021 - Sale 2578

Sale 2578 - Lot 148

Price Realized: $ 18,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000

TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)


Untitled (preparatory sketch of two men, one seated).
Pencil on thin paper. 425x292 mm;16 3/4x11 1/2 inches. Signed and dated "Tom 82" lower right. 1982.

Tom of Finland Foundation catalogue number 83.30. 1982.

Provenance: The artist; Feature Gallery, New York; acquired by the current owner from above. Certificate from Tom of Finland Foundation accompanies the artwork.

Published: Dian Hanson, Tom of Finland: XXL, Cologne: Taschen, 2009; 2021, page 533 (finished drawing, Slave Market series).