A blown up condom bearing the letters 'F.N.O.' on a textile background, an advertisement by the Real AIDS Grazer Kunst Verein. Colour lithograph by Matthias Herrmann, 1993.

Graz (Eisengasse 3, A - 8020 Graz) : Real AIDS Grazer Kunst Verein ... in Zusamenarbeit mit der Steirischen AIDS-Hilfe, 1993.

1 print : lithograph, printed in black/rey and red ; sheet 59.2 x 83.9 cm

F.N.O. © Matthias Herrmann. Real AIDS Grazer Kunst Verein ... in Zusamenarbeit mit der Steirischen AIDS-Hilfe. Real AIDS Hotline ...

Matthias Herrmann Real AIDS Grazer Kunst Verein Sterischen AIDS-Hilfe Matthias Herrmann © Matthias Herrmann 1993 Real AIDS Grazer Austria 31/03/2009 UkLW Transcription from the item

Drew Frist, 'Matthias Herrmann, exhibition-ist au courant', NY arts: the international guide to the art world, January-February 2006

Wellcome Collection 675154i

The German photographer Matthias Herrmann from the 1980s produced photographs of the male nude, often using his own body, "partially done as a response to the AIDS crisis -- born out of a need to show off a healthy, potent and not endangered gay male body" (Frist, loc. cit.)