Gouache on Board Oversized Rider-Waite Inspired Handmade Tarot Cards 1940s art Engraving measures 5” x 9”

Engraving measures 5” x 9” and is in very good antique condition

Plus the great petit point (tiny needlepoint) basket of flowers at the center surrounded by green and red ribbon knotted to form roses and vines

What a weirdo

but I think more specifically it's about the singular individuality of portraits and simultaneous sense of connection to broader humanity they offer

typically monochromatic and most often depicting Hudson River landscapes

Gouache on Board Oversized Rider-Waite Inspired Handmade Tarot Cards 1940s art Engraving measures 5” x 9”I have no idea if the person who made these really fun tarot cards paintings followed through with making a complete the deck (I would guess not, as the major arcana, of which there are 21 of 22 here just missing The Sun are the most exciting, and what a lot of effort they alone took!) These are closely based on the famous Rider Waite tarot deck, created by Pamela Colman Smith in 1909, though the hand and sensibility of their maker is very much