![Tom of Finland - Untitled [Twelve Works]](/images/tom-of-finland_untitled-twelve-works_AID701324.jpg?f=grey)
Tom of Finland
Untitled [Twelve Works]
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 289.800 USD
Price realised: 289.800 USD
Description
TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991)
Untitled [Twelve Works]
signed and dated 'Tom-78' (lower edge of sheets i-viii, xi); signed 'Tom' (lower right of sheets ix-x)
graphite on paper
dimensions variable
largest: 15 x 20 1⁄8 in. (38.1 x 51.1 cm.)
smallest: 11 3⁄4 x 8 1⁄4 in. (29.8 x 21 cm.)
Untitled [Twelve Works]
signed and dated 'Tom-78' (lower edge of sheets i-viii, xi); signed 'Tom' (lower right of sheets ix-x)
graphite on paper
dimensions variable
largest: 15 x 20 1⁄8 in. (38.1 x 51.1 cm.)
smallest: 11 3⁄4 x 8 1⁄4 in. (29.8 x 21 cm.)
A top price for Tom of Finland
This artwork by Tom of Finland achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May last year. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Untitled Twelve Works sold for USD 289,800.00 (€ 270,058.71) - well above the upper estimate of USD 120,000.00. This high result makes Untitled Twelve Works the most expensive artwork by Tom of Finland that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Tom of Finland
Dieses Kunstwerk von Tom of Finland erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Untitled Twelve Works für USD 289.800,00 (€ 270.058,71) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 120.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Untitled Twelve Works zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Tom of Finland, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Tom of Finland - Auction history
![Tom of Finland - Untitled [Twelve Works]](/images/tom-of-finland_untitled-twelve-works_AID701324_320x320.jpg)
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