TAROT Limited Edition in Folio by Hans Dorflinger, 1975, London, Fisher Fine Art, Berlin, Propylaen Verlag, Stuttgart, Galerie Valentien, 22 Major Arcana printed in granolitho in twelve colors, each color printed on top of the previous color without the appearance of dots, on RK Burt mold-made paper at the studios of Matthieu AG at Dielsdorf near Zurich.  Tissue guards for each plate.  Dorflinger's tarot is a set of archetypes interpreted by the artist and presented as figures with attributes that transform and become each other, such as The Magician is his wand, The Hermit is partly his staff, The Emperor is partly his standard, The High Priestess is the door she opens to all of us. Certain features recur constantly in the images including an amorphous mass of particles which appear variously as spray, dust, cloud, and protoplasm formed into triangles, stars, squares and circles and identifiable objects of eggs, birds, serpents, pairs of figures and wheels.  For example, The Wheel of
TAROT Limited Edition in Folio by Hans Dorflinger, 1975, London, Fisher Fine Art, Berlin, Propylaen Verlag, Stuttgart, Galerie Valentien, 22 Major Arcana printed in granolitho in twelve colors, each color printed on top of the previous color without the appearance of dots, on RK Burt mold-made paper at the studios of Matthieu AG at Dielsdorf near Zurich. Tissue guards for each plate. Dorflinger's tarot is a set of archetypes interpreted by the artist and presented as figures with attributes that transform and become each other, such as The Magician is his wand, The Hermit is partly his staff, The Emperor is partly his standard, The High Priestess is the door she opens to all of us. Certain features recur constantly in the images including an amorphous mass of particles which appear variously as spray, dust, cloud, and protoplasm formed into triangles, stars, squares and circles and identifiable objects of eggs, birds, serpents, pairs of figures and wheels. For example, The Wheel of Fortune moves like a comet through space, leaving a trail of particles of fire, earth, water and air that envelop a man and woman whose mirror images reappear, their bodies joined, within an egg at the wheel's center, radiating from which is a five-pointed star with holes and eggs between the points. Foreword by David Sylvester. Card descriptions in English and German by Hans Dorflinger and David Sylvester. One-piece, blue cloth, swing-open box by Schoneberg Bookbinders, Berlin. Limited edition, numbered and signed on each plate by the artist, numbered 74 of 74. Sheet size 21 5/8 in. (54.2 cm. ) high, 17 1/4 in. (43.7 cm.) wide, Box size 22 3/8 in. (56.2 cm.) high, 18 in. (45 cm. ) wide. In generally fine condition.

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TAROT Limited Edition in Folio by Hans Dorflinger, 1975, London, Fisher Fine Art, Berlin, Propylaen Verlag, Stuttgart, Galerie Valentien, 22 Major Arcana printed in granolitho in twelve colors, each color printed on top of the previous color without the appearance of dots, on RK Burt mold-made paper at the studios of Matthieu AG at Dielsdorf near Zurich. Tissue guards for each plate. Dorflinger's tarot is a set of archetypes interpreted by the artist and presented as figures with attributes that transform and become each other, such as The Magician is his wand, The Hermit is partly his staff, The Emperor is partly his standard, The High Priestess is the door she opens to all of us. Certain features recur constantly in the images including an amorphous mass of particles which appear variously as spray, dust, cloud, and protoplasm formed into triangles, stars, squares and circles and identifiable objects of eggs, birds, serpents, pairs of figures and wheels. For example, The Wheel of Fortune moves like a comet through space, leaving a trail of particles of fire, earth, water and air that envelop a man and woman whose mirror images reappear, their bodies joined, within an egg at the wheel's center, radiating from which is a five-pointed star with holes and eggs between the points. Foreword by David Sylvester. Card descriptions in English and German by Hans Dorflinger and David Sylvester. One-piece, blue cloth, swing-open box by Schoneberg Bookbinders, Berlin. Limited edition, numbered and signed on each plate by the artist, numbered 74 of 74. Sheet size 21 5/8 in. (54.2 cm. ) high, 17 1/4 in. (43.7 cm.) wide, Box size 22 3/8 in. (56.2 cm.) high, 18 in. (45 cm. ) wide. In generally fine condition.

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