• Tom of Finland Foundation
  Los Angeles, California

Tom of Finland, rough sketch, 1983, 16 9/16" x 11 3/4", graphite on paper

Los Angeles County Museum of Art curator Bruce Davis selected this Tom of Finland drawing to be added to the Museum's permanent collection and exhibited in their 1997 “Master Drawings” show.

• In 1984, the non-profit Tom of Finland Foundation was established by Durk Dehner and his friend Touko Laaksonen a.k.a. Tom of Finland. As Tom had established worldwide recognition as the master of homo-erotic art, the Foundation's original purpose was to preserve his vast catalog of work. Several years later the scope was widened to offer a safe haven for all erotic art in response to rampant discrimination against art that portrayed sexual behavior or generated a sexual response. Today the Foundation continues in its efforts of educating the public as to the cultural merits of erotic art and in promoting healthier, more tolerant attitudes about sexuality.

• One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote Tom's work along with other erotic art so that it receives the academic attention it deserves. From a critical perspective, thanks in part to the sustained commitment of the Foundation, Tom's art is now beginning to receive the acknowledgment it merits.

• Tom of Finland Foundation
• Foundation Headquarters
• 1421 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90026
• Mailing Address
• P.O. Box 26658
  Los Angeles, CA 90026
  U.S.A
• Voice: 213.250.1685
  Fax 213.481.2092
  Email: Administration@TomOfFinlandFoundation.org
• Website: http://www.tomoffinlandfoundation.org