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Tom of Finland and friends: battle of the beefcakes – in pictures

Timber Limber: Tom of Finland, Untitled, 1962. Graphite on paper
Untitled (1962) by Tom of Finland Photograph: Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection
Keep your timber limber: Tom of Finland, 1963
Untitled (Two Men at Poster) (1963) by Tom of Finland
Photograph: Courtesy of Tom of Finland Foundation
Keep your timber limber: Margaret Harrison, Captain America (1971/1997). Watercolor and graphite on
Margaret Harrison's Captain America (1971/1997) Photograph: Courtesy Aude Dunbar-Lacroix/PayneShurvell London
Timber Limber: Mike Kuchar, Prehistoric Pets, 1980 - 1990
A drawing from Mike Kuchar's Prehistoric Pets (1980-90) Photograph: Courtesy the artist and François Ghebaly Gallery
Keep your timber limber: Juan Ramos, GQ ,1974. Colour pencil
Antonio Lopez's Juan Ramos, GQ (1974)
© Antonio Lopez
Keep your timber limber: Divine, Neon Woman play 1976. Crayon and pencil on paper
Another by Lopez: Divine, Neon Woman (Play) (1976)
© Antonio Lopez
Timber Limber: Tom of Finland, Untitled, 1961, Graphite on paper
Untitled (1961) by Tom of Finland Photograph: Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection
Timber Limber: Tom of Finland, Untitled, 1959. Graphite on paper.
Untitled (1959) by Tom of Finland Photograph: Tom of Finland Foundation Permanent Collection
Timber Limber: Judith Bernstein, Fucked by Number, 1967
Judith Bernstein's Fucked by Number (1967) Photograph: Fredrik Nilsen/Courtesy Judith Bernstein and the Box, LA
Timber Limber: Judith Bernstein, Keep Your Timber Limber, 1966. Mixed Media on Paper
Judith Bernstein's Keep Your Timber Limber (1966) Photograph: Courtesy Judith Bernstein and the Box, LA
Keep your timber limber: Versace Campaign, 1984. Pencil water colour gouche
Work for a Gianni Versace campaign from 1984 by Antonio Lopez
© Antonio Lopez
Keep your timber limber: Norma Kamali Campaign 1986. Pencil and water colour
An Antonio Lopez drawing for a Norma Kamali campaign (1986)
© Antonio Lopez
Keep your timber limber: George Grosz, Stickmen meeting members of the bourgeois, 1946
George Grosz's Stickmen Meeting Members of the Bourgeois (1946)
Photograph: Courtesy of David Nolan Gallery, New York
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