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Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland Man And His Boot Skateboard by The Skateroom
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Time-Limited Edition
Tom of Finland was exploring the use of prismacolor pencils when working on “Man and His Boot”. The artwork, originally released as a lithograph, was an experimental move away from his usual graphite and gouache. Very detailed in its technique, the piece took the artist about two weeks to complete.
Presented here as a solo skate art edition, we see a mysterious close up portrait of a man, leaning his face gently against a black cowboy boot of his companion. This contrast of nudity with heavy fabrics such as leather and metal is a common characteristic of Tom of Finland’s visual vocabulary, which conveys homosexuality through images of dominant masculinity.
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