Max Ernst Tarot deck

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 15 Jan 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

allibee	15 Jan 2004
Is there one? If not, why not? His work is surreal, superb and awe inspiring A.

baba-prague	15 Jan 2004
I think that the problem, as ever, would be copyright and permissions from the family. Oddly enough, we have a friend here, a very up and coming surrealist artist, who is friendly with the Ernst family and they are VERY aware of protecting this work - rightly really. I agree that a deck would be wonderful, but I think it would have to be the real thing, not a kind of "in the style of" because I honestly don't think anyone could do justice to that - I should say that having seen some original Ernst prints (courtesy of our friend) they are even more intricate and incredible in reality and, in my opinion, impossible to duplicate or imitate. Anyway, that's my take. Maybe some day such a deck will happen.

allibee	15 Jan 2004
Thanks baba ... Indeed right to protect his work .... so very beautiful. I'd only want it to appreciate anyway, so I may as well just wallow happily in prints of his stuff I went to the Tate Modern a couple of years ago to see a surrealist exhibition, and his piece was my abiding memory of the visit ... that and a lobster bakelite telephone :) In the style of ... would there be plagerism/copyright issues if anyone did that I wonder ... maybe that's what puts people off doing it Ho hum Thanks again

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