{"product_id":"tom-of-finland-retrospective-ii-1991","title":"Tom of Finland — Retrospective II (1991)","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tom of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles, 1991\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition, first printing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192 pp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21.5 x 28 cm (8½ x 11 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1-879055-28-7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good; spine cocked, moderate soiling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second of the Tom of Finland Foundation's retrospective volumes, published in Los Angeles in 1991, the year Touko Laaksonen died in Helsinki. Its 192 pages follow a career that began in the advertising studios of postwar Finland and produced the leathermen, bikers, police officers and sailors that shaped how gay men saw themselves for half a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Foundation, which Laaksonen established with Durk Dehner in 1984 to keep the work together while most museums kept their distance, published these books as an archive in print. The argument has since been won: in 2014 Finland issued postage stamps of his drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom of Finland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67894716137789,"sku":"DI-038","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1024\/2857\/4013\/files\/unnamed_5990209c-b3cf-4d25-bbc3-59a57074c482.jpg?v=1793689176","url":"https:\/\/docksideinterview.com\/products\/tom-of-finland-retrospective-ii-1991","provider":"Dockside Interview","version":"1.0","type":"link"}