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The British artist Leonora Carrington in her house in Mexico City in 2000
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When art curator Tere Arcq went to see a painting by British Surrealist Leonora Carrington that she hoped to include in a retrospective exhibition, she was astonished at what else its owner, a Mexican collector, had to show her: 22 previously unknown paintings by Carrington based on the characters from tarot cards. “It was incredible,” says Arcq, “I had no idea that she produced a tarot deck.”
The designs – which are published as a book this week by Fulgur Press – are unique among tarot sets, with their square format, unusual symbolic colours, and the use of gold leaf that recalls ancient Egyptian art. ....

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