STrUCTioN - Taschen

February 2013
April 2013
Tarot Universal Dalí, courtesy of Naipes Comas / Cartamundi, B-Turnhout
The seminal Surrealist
Exploring Dalí’s grandiose and grotesque œuvre
Dalí’s magical mystery cards
A most rare and unusual Tarot deck
Picasso called Dalí “an outboard motor that’s always running.” Dalí thought himself a
genius with a right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head. Painter, sculptor,
writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dalí was one of the century’s greatest exhibitionists
and eccentrics—and was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. He
was one of the first to apply the insights of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis to the
art of painting, approaching the subconscious with extraordinary
sensitivity and imagination.
This publication presents the entire painted oeuvre of Salvador Dalí. After many
years of research, Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret finally located all the paintings
of this highly prolific artist. Many of the works had been inaccessible for years—in
fact so many that almost half the illustrations in this book had rarely been seen.
Dalí. The Paintings
Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret
Hardcover, 5.9 x 7.6 in., 780 pp.
978-3-8365-4492-4
$ 19.99 / CAD 23.99
Legend has it that when preparing props for the James Bond film Live or Let Die, producer
Albert Brocoli commissioned Salvador Dalí to create a custom deck of Tarot
cards; the Spanish surrealist painter is said to have started work on the project, and
when the contractual deal fell through, continued the work on his own. Dating back
to the Renaissance era, Tarot—thought by some as an interpretation of dreams or a
foretelling the future—had seen a new surge of popularity during the 1970s hippie
movement. Dalí’s set, the first known deck completed by a well known painter, was
published in a limited art edition in 1984 in Spain. Now, TASCHEN resurrects this
rare work, consisting of 78 cards (56 Minor Arcana color cards and 22 Major Arcana
trump cards) and featuring such characters as the Magician, the Lovers, the Moon,
Death, High Priest, and the Empress. A booklet by renowned German Tarot author
Johannes Fiebig accompanies the re-edition of the deck.
Dalí. Tarot
Johannes Fiebig
Set of 78 cards and booklet in box,
3.1 x 5.1 in.
978-3-8365-4387-3
$ 29.99 / CAD 32.99
“Bound to become
the standard reference
work...”
—Le Figaro, Paris
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