“I know my little ‘dirty drawings’ are never going to hang in the main salons of the Louvre, but it would be nice if - I would like to say ‘when,’ but I better say ‘if’ - our world learns to accept all the different ways of loving. Then maybe I could have a place in one of the smaller side rooms.”Creator of the greatest "über-masculine" homoerotic art in the late 20th century, Tom of Finland is now considered an artistic, as well as erotic genius - his work appears on the walls of such esteemed establishments as New York's Museum of Modern Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as on t-shirts, numerous prints and books, and on this rather marvellous tea service...
- Tom of Finland, 1991
[I know I have featured it before, but it is my 50th birthday this year - hint, hint!]
Touko Laaksonen aka Tom of Finland (8th May 1920 – 7th November 1991)
Tom of Finland Foundation for the protection, preservation and promotion of erotic art.
Perhaps not to be used when your mother comes to visit!
ReplyDeleteYou don't know my mother - she'd love it... :-) Jx
DeleteI thought I had seen this set before! I don't even drink tea, but I would like that set!
ReplyDelete(I wonder if a Pierre et Gilles one is also available...)
I haven't seen any china, but their apartment has some magnificent ornaments that I drool over... Jx
Deletewow, this give a whole new meaning to " I'll take to lumps in my tea". I love his artwork though...stirs so much.
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine the Dowager Countess of Grantham taking tea on this service, I must admit. Jx
DeletePerfect for the tea room!
ReplyDeleteWe want to know more about your mum.
My mother, whose only comment on seeing an XXX magazine featuring the humungous Rick Donovan was "Hmmm. Shame about the face."
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