Thanking Albert Schunck

26th October 2022, 5:10 pm

: TOM OF FINLAND Untitled, 1987 Graphite on paper Donated by Albert Schunck TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION Permanent Collection #87.22

: TOM OF FINLAND Untitled, 1989 Graphite on paper Donated by Albert Schunck TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION Permanent Collection #89.16

“Albert Schunck was an out and proud, gay, German Leatherman who loved sex and irony. A patron of the arts, Albert knew early on that he wanted to be immortalized by THE Tom of Finland, which was why he commissioned drawing #89.16. He had the wisdom to safeguard his legacy by leaving this and another drawing (#87.22) to Tom of Finland Foundation’s permanent collection for posterity.” – Durk Dehner, Cofounder of Tom of Finland Foundation on the bequeathal by Albert Schunck of two original Tom of Finland drawings.

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Published: 26th October 2022

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