ToFF Volunteer translates TOM story

S. R. Sharp, Maija Liisa and Durk Dehner

It was wondeful having Maija Liisa Ingebrigtsen at the Foundation
while she was in Los Angeles.

She was able to translate a 30 panel story in our permanent collection that Tom did in 1946.

Guy 1: “Damn, boss. Can I try it?”

Guy 3: “Fabulous tail!”

Guy 2: “Awesome thing!”

Boss: “If you don’t learn the rules,
I’ll whip your pretty ass to blood”

Guy 1: “I brought the boss a boy”

TOM OF FINLAND (Finnish, 1920 –1991), Untitled, 1946, Gouache on paper,
© 1946 Tom of Finland Foundation (Original currently on exhibition in Turku)

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Published: 12th December 2011

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