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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtDeni Ponty, Study for the Edge of the West, 1992, Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in. From the Andrew Sie Collection
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtPatrick Angus, Self-Portrait as Picasso, 1980s, Acrylic on canvas, 54 x 40 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtRichard Banks, Dancers, 1950, Ink and watercolor on paper, 26 1/2 x 17 1/4 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtBeau, Pinned, 1997, Acrylic on paper, 23 x 16 ½ in. Recipient of the Founders’ Purchase Award
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtBrian Bednarek, Frank, 2004, Graphite, color pencil, pastel on paper, 11 x 8 1/5 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtDorothy Berger, Untitled, ca. late 1960s, Egg Tempera on board
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtSaul Bolasni, Untitled (man in brown coat), 1956, Ink and watercolor on paper, 14 1/5 x 10 1/5 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtMcWillie Chambers, The Shower, 1995, Oil on canvas, 14 x 10 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtAnthony DeFrange, One Cowboy, 1972, Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtEd Fine, Weatheth, 1970, Gelatin silver print on paper, 14 x 11 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtGeorge Dudley, Untitled, n.d., Collage photographs on paper, 22 1/5 x 20 in. From the George Dudley Memorial Collection
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtPeter Flinsch, To Have and to Have Not (from “Journal Intime” series), 1999, Pencil and pastel on paper, 18 1/5 x 21 1/5 in. From the Peter Flinsch Memorial Collection
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtRobert Flynt, Untitled, 1992, C-print on paper, 14 x 12 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtFrench Academy Drawing, Untitled, 1878, Charcoal on paper, 30 x 24 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtVictor Gadino, Releasing the Cure, 2005, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtAvital Greenberg, She Came Laughing, n.d., Pastel on paper, 18 x 24 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtDavid Greene, David and Michael, 1976, B/W photograph, 10 x 8 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtDavid Halliday, Knot, 1996, Sepia photograph on paper, 8 x 8 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtBarbara Hammer, Lesbian Wedding Dewar Style, 2004, Digital Dye Transfer photo on paper, 5 x 7 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtClay Johnson, Ducks in a Row, 1994, Hand painted silver gelatin print on paper, 6 1/4 x 9 1/5 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum ofBruce Kamerling, Torso, 1977, Conté crayon on paper, 22 1/5 x 17 in. From the David Clasen Memorial Collection
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtJohn Lesnick, Untitled, n.d., B/W photograph on paper, 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. From the Lesnick Memorial Collection
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtJohn Lesnick, Future Icons Circa 1984, 1984, Silkscreen print on black paper, 22 1/8 x 15 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtGilbert Lewis, Swimmer, 1984, Gouache on board, 63 3/4 x 44 in. From the George Dudley Memorial Collection
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtMarion Pinto, Sleeping Church Nude, 1973, Oil on canvas, 71 ¾ x 79 ¾ in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum ofGerhardt Pohl, Untitled, n.d., B/W photograph on paper, 20 x 16 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtCyndy Warwick, Ina, 2003, Toned silver gelatin print on paper, 24 x 20 in
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Courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian ArtJanet Cooling, Venus Aphrodite, 1995, Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 in
Gay art from the Leslie-Lohman permanent collection (slide show)
Gay-art mecca the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art holds more than 6,000 works in its collection; click through to check out some of the best.
Gay-art lovers Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman began collecting and showing work in their Soho loft in 1969, the same year that the Stonewall riots launched the modern gay-rights movement. Nearly two decades later, the pair created the nonprofit Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, housed in a tiny Prince Street gallery, where the founders hoped to preserve gay art as the AIDS crisis was claiming many gay artists and collectors. In 2011, the New York State Board of Regents awarded the institution (now located on Wooster Street) museum status—making it the world's first museum devoted to LGBT art. Today, in addition to hosting exhibits devoted to various artists and themes, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art contains more than 22,000 objects in its permanent collection; some highlights are included above, with many more available to view on the museum's website.
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