On Thursday, August 17th New York’s SWANN GALLERIES is holding an online auction titled LGBTQ+ Art, Material & History.  It will include  number of stunning original works of art by Tom of Finland and other artists associated with or influenced by him: including Sadao Hasegawa and Jim French.

Also on offer will also be rare material from the early years of the gay liberation movement in the U.S. and AIDs activism of the 80s.

Plus photographs by highly regarded artists such as, David Wojnarowicz, Diane Arbus, George Plat Lynes, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jimmy DeSana,  Herb Ritts, Marcus Leatherdale, and Peter Hujar.

Other notable artists included in the auction are Paul Cadmus, Mark Beard, Jean Cocteau, Leonor Fini, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Mel Odom, Rene Ricard and more.

It’s a testament to the growing interest in the newly defined area of collecting gay cultural artifacts. This offering represents a broad swath of nineteenth and twentieth-century political, social and sexual culture.

It’s an extensive offering with over 350 lots, so take a minute to scroll through, it really covers a LOT of ground.

The LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History is online at Swann Auction Galleries, Aug 17, 2023.