Tarot de Belmont
Contemporary Swiss deck with distinctive tall, elegant figure style.
creator unknown · Unknown · 2006
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The record
The first time I saw it, I fell in love with the artistic style of Francoise Corboz, a fantastic, contemporary Swiss artist, whose signature style is creating figures that are unusually tall and skinny, somewhat similar to those of Edward Gorey. As a result, I jumped at a chance to own a Tarot deck designed by this artist - Le Tarot de Belmont. This deck is a 22-card, Majors only deck that will bring a smile to anyone's face as they look at the eccentric and colorful figures in these cards. What is unfortunate is that there is precious little information available on it or its creator. The coloration of the deck reminds me of black and white pen and ink illustrations that have been strikingly colored with jewel tones of primarily green, gold, red and blue. The artwork is crisp and clean and pleasing to look at. Each card is bordered with a graphic "checkerboard" that is made up of complimentary images of the Hebrew letter that is associated with each of the cards - more about that later. Physically, the deck is amazing. The cards are larger than a standard sized Tarot deck, as they are approximately 4 inches wide by 5 inches tall. The card stock is very flexible and the cards are e
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