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Studio Voltaire is delighted to launch two very special limited edition prints by
Tom of Finland and Beryl Cook
in support of its major forthcoming exhibition bringing together the work of these two cultural icons for the first time.

TOM OF FINLAND, Untitled, 1978/2024, Giclée print on paper, Edition of 70, 15.79 x 13.78″, 40 x 35 cm

This limited edition print by Tom of Finland features a highly skilled drawing that came to international prominence when it featured on a stamp produced by the Finnish Post Office in 2014 to celebrate Tom of Finland’s legacy. As with all of Tom’s works, the image is exemplified by a highly coded visual language but radiates joy and vitality. The stamp is now part of the V&A’s permanent collection.

Each edition is numbered, and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Tom of Finland Foundation.⁠ The price of the edition increases as it sells out.⁠

Tom of Finland’s (b. 1920–d. 1991) pioneering depictions of homosexual machismo in his images of bikers, cowboys, labourers, and uniformed soldiers and sailors broadly represented queer, leather and muscle communities. A master draughtsman, his works gave form to an imaginative universe that, in turn, helped fuel real-world liberation movements and had a significant influence on a wide range of cultural figures, including the Village People, Freddie Mercury, Jean Paul Gaultier and Robert Mapplethorpe.
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BERYL COOK, Lady of Marseille, 1982/2024, Giclée print on paper with glitter gloss highlights, Edition of 70, 15.35 X 13.00″ 39 x 33 cm

This limited edition print of features one of Cook’s most enduring images of larger-than-life women, rendered in graphic and colourful forms. Seduced by Edward Burra’s paintings of dockside cafés and Marseille’s nightlife, Cook travelled to the city, where she captured the social milieu and encountered the eponymous subject of this work.

Each edition is numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the Beryl Cook Estate.⁠

Beryl Cook (b. 1926–d. 2008) was a painter renowned for her exuberant style and depictions of everyday life. Cook’s work came to prominence in the mid-1970s, and she quickly became known as one of Britain’s best-loved artists, highly recognised for her distinctive works, which are both celebratory and provocative.

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By purchasing these fundraising editions,
you will directly help realise this ambitious exhibition.

The forthcoming exhibition, opening 15th May 2024, showcases the distinct and coherent way both artists hyper-realise the body in images that fundamentally celebrate pleasure and deny shame, and will provide a significant refocus and reveal interconnected ideas surrounding gender, sexuality, taste and class. This two-person presentation produced in collaboration with the artists’ estates includes many original works and archival materials from private collections across the UK, USA and Germany never seen by the public.

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Published: 21st March 2024

Categorised in: Art Offering