Carlyle Kneeland Bate (1916-1989), who signed his works as Neel Bate, is a far less known figure of homoerotic art than Tom of Finland, though, not less iconic. During his lifetime, Bate's drawings were destroyed thrice, but he never stopped producing risky depictions of truckers, sailors, and farmboys engaged in passionate intercourse.
Fig. 1. Nude torso of Neel Bate by Douglass Juleff, 1960s (leslielohman.org)
Fig. 2. Barn Revisitied, 1970s, pen on paper (leslielohman.pastperfectonline.com)
Fig. 3. Yakima, 1983 (leslielohman.pastperfectonline.com)
Fig. 4. Sketch (leslielohman.pastperfectonline.com)
Fig. 5. Untitled, ca 1970s (leslielohman.pastperfectonline.com)
Fig. 6. tumblr.com
Fig. 7. Untitled, 1981 (leslielohman.pastperfectonline.com)
Fig. 8. Untitled, 1984, pen on paper (leslielohman.pastperfectonline.com)
Fig. 9. Born to Rise Hell, 1980 (leslielohman.pastperfectonline.com)
