Rusty Neon
As you may know, Paul Marteau's version of the Conver Tarot de Marseille was first published by Grimaud in or around 1930. It contains a colour selection and card colour scheme that, as far as I know, is different from the colour selection and card colour scheme of any pre-1930 TdM deck, including
- the 1760-61 Conver decks (those reproduced in the Héron and LoScarabeo TdM decks), or
- the limited colour palette Conver decks (e.g., those reproduced in the Camoin Bicentennial edition), or
- the TdM deck used by Joseph Maxwell in writing his 19th century book from France on the tarot.
The Marteau deck can be seen today in the Tarot de Marseille deck published by Grimaud, the Tarot de Marseille deck published by Dusserre, and in the large colour plates of Paul Marteau's out-of-print book _Le Tarot de Marseille_. Marteau's book has appeared in various editions, the first one dating from the 1940s.
The mystery regarding Marteau's colour selection and card colour scheme is whether there is, in fact, any pre-1930 Tarot de Marseille deck whose colour selection and card colour scheme is the same or substantially the same as Marteau's.
Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
- the 1760-61 Conver decks (those reproduced in the Héron and LoScarabeo TdM decks), or
- the limited colour palette Conver decks (e.g., those reproduced in the Camoin Bicentennial edition), or
- the TdM deck used by Joseph Maxwell in writing his 19th century book from France on the tarot.
The Marteau deck can be seen today in the Tarot de Marseille deck published by Grimaud, the Tarot de Marseille deck published by Dusserre, and in the large colour plates of Paul Marteau's out-of-print book _Le Tarot de Marseille_. Marteau's book has appeared in various editions, the first one dating from the 1940s.
The mystery regarding Marteau's colour selection and card colour scheme is whether there is, in fact, any pre-1930 Tarot de Marseille deck whose colour selection and card colour scheme is the same or substantially the same as Marteau's.
Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.