Leon Steinmetz
Tarot Major Arcana
"This deck approaches the Major Arcana as gestures rather than illustrations. Tarot treated as movement.
Done in sepia with the economy and freedom of the ancient Chinese calligraphers, the images emerge in a single breath.
They are figurative and slightly distorted - bending form just enough to reveal tension, humour, and vulnerability. Nothing is ornamental; each stroke carries weight.
The black Roman titles and numbers are anchors, representing tradition, structure, permanence. We can listen to Tarot and see the Archetypes in the moment they arise."
- Leon Steinmetz.
A limited edition of 10 sets of Tarot Major Arcana, illustrated by Leon Steinmetz (b. 1944 in Moscow), here presented alongside the original drawings on which the deck is based.
Steinmetz, Leon
Tarot Major Arcana: 22 Drawings
Print on archival paper. In hand-made clamshell deck box.
Size of deck: 15 x 10 cm.
Size of box: 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
Steinmetz, Leon
Fool
Chinese brush and light-red Holbein watercolour on paper.
Size of sheet: 35 x 23.5 cm.
Steinmetz, Leon
Magus
Chinese brush and light-red Holbein watercolour on paper.
Size of sheet: 35 x 23.5 cm.
Steinmetz, Leon
High Priestess
Chinese brush and light-red Holbein watercolour on paper.
Size of sheet: 35 x 23.5 cm.
Steinmetz, Leon
Empress
Chinese brush and light-red Holbein watercolour on paper.
Size of sheet: 35 x 23.5 cm.
Steinmetz, Leon
Emperor
Chinese brush and light-red Holbein watercolour on paper.
Size of sheet: 35 x 23.5 cm.
Steinmetz, Leon
Hierophant
Chinese brush and light-red Holbein watercolour on paper.
Size of sheet: 35 x 23.5 cm.
Steinmetz, Leon
Lovers
Chinese brush and light-red Holbein watercolour on paper.
Size of sheet: 35 x 23.5 cm.