Playing Cards

Patrick Mauriès observes that for Fornasetti a single product never exhausted the possibilities of an idea, and that much of his work therefore takes the form of variations on a them...

From here, the artist would drive his art to abstraction but keeping some figurative elements such as playing cards, wheels or other objects that he would use in his engravings to re...

The table is a super decorative console, which unfolds to reveal a Chessboard and Cards playing surface, one more leaf that unfolds and you have what looks like a cross pair of old g...

In the 1920s, he began to experiment with collage, incorporating materials such as newspaper clippings and playing cards into his works. Marcoussis continued to work until his death ...

The hinged top opens to reveal a blue baize lined interior for playing cards framed with exquisite floral marquetry decoration.

If features a secret compartment on the right side which can be opened by pulling the right hand side divider, ideal for playing cards and dice. There is no mistaking its unique ...

He then transformed those portraits into something remarkable: a complete deck of playing cards. The blacksmith. The doctor. The skier.

Play a hand of cards or a round of chess upon the same graceful, exquisite table.

Historical Context Fornasetti drew throughout his career on the engraved plates of old books — architectural treatises, playing cards, celestial atlases and navigational manuals — re...

Field, an English, science, and maths teacher, as well as collector of playing cards, who had a passion for nudism and rambling, and who combined all of his interests by climbing th...

Text is in Early Middle High German Illustration was made by one of the Augsburg Woodcutter's Guild, which held a monopoly of woodcut illustrations of playing cards and religious ico...

While Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland begins outside on a warm summer day, uses changes in size as a plot device, and the imagery of playing cards, Through the Looking-Glass begins ...

The drawings maintain the aesthetic of Jacks, Queens and Kings pulled from a deck of playing cards. The meticulous lines and intricate patterns presented in such a minimalist fashion...

After inserting a coin, a handle was depressed or cranked to set into motion a roulette wheel, playing cards or dice. When the machine stopped, the patron read his "winnings" on the ...

Field, an English, science, and maths teacher, as well as collector of playing cards, who had a passion for nudism and rambling, and who combined all of his interests by climbing th...

In the "Post Card Series” I combine images of early cars, planes, ships, etc with images of old post cards, playing cards or other early collectible cards from cereal boxes or cigare...

To the left, a puppet can be seen hanging out of a dressing trunk, whilst a scabbard and pipe lie next to some playing cards on the floor. Further research has revealed that the pain...

Illustration was made by one of the Augsburg Woodcutter's Guild, which held a monopoly of woodcut illustrations of playing cards and religious icons. An Abbot of Augsburg mediated a ...

Throughout his career he has revisited and reinvented still life, using images of lemons, poppies, playing cards, fruits, flowers, and other objects.

Throughout his career he has revisited and reinvented still life, using images of lemons, poppies, playing cards, fruits, flowers, and other objects.

Throughout his career he has revisited and reinvented still life, using images of lemons, poppies, playing cards, fruits, flowers, and other objects.

"One of Diamonds and Thirteen of Diamonds" (from Playing Cards) 1990 Aquatint Engravings Framed Together Each Signed, Titled and Dated Each Numbered Lower Right 2/44 aside from the 1...

His works graced the calendars, menus, playing cards, and souvenirs of the Great Northern Railway for thirty years, thus reaching a wide audience.

The cedar lined fitted tray above the decanters was used as a humidor for cigars, but is equally useful to keep the packs of playing cards, which are included. It is a truly decorat...

The shaped hinged top opens to reveal a fabulous green baize lined gaming interior for playing cards, above a frieze fitted with a drawer and decorated by a beautiful classical urn.

In representations such as this, educational themes can also be identified: soldiers depicted at rest often engage in pastimes associated with moral weakness, such as playing cards, ...

Throughout his career he has revisited and reinvented still life, using images of lemons, poppies, playing cards, fruits, flowers, and other objects.

A table with a green and yellow striped table cloth holds playing cards, oranges and peaches with knives stuck in their flesh.

The enigmatic female jester, clad in a jewel-toned harlequin costume accented with gold-lined geometric motifs, turns to meet the viewer's gaze while concealing a hand of playing car...

In the "Post Card Series” I combine images of early cars, planes, ships, etc with images of old post cards, playing cards or other early collectible cards from cereal boxes or cigare...

The reverse is clad in a gorgeous charcoal gray suede so lush it should have its own zip code. Suddenly you're not playing backgammon anymore. You're playing cards.

Representations occur in pattachitra paintings, temple decoration, architectural sculpture, palm-leaf manuscripts, murals, and the region’s traditional circular playing cards. A Nava...

It contains three packs of playing cards and a silver plate cribbage board.

It contains two packs of playing cards, dice, a set of 5 poker dice and a silver plate cribbage board with score markers.

While his contemporaries pursued clean lines and industrial materials, Fornasetti built a personal iconography from antiquity, architecture, playing cards, the sun and the face of th...

Perhaps most famously, Croegaert gained notoriety as a pioneer of the so-called "cardinal  paintings"—humorous, finely rendered scenes featuring Roman Catholic cardinals in sumptuous...

The base has two drawers containing playing cards, dice, two antique Japanese whist counters with circular gaming counters and a brass mounted cribbage board with twelve markers.

There are two drawers in the base,  revealing playing cards, a cribbage board with score markers, and a pair of dice.

Illustrations for booklets, catalogs, posters (particularly movie promotions), sheet music, stamps, playing cards, and murals (including "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "God Bless the Hill...

The cracked pocket watch becomes a symbol of the fleeting quality of time, a reference to the traditional vanitas still lifes of the Dutch and Flemish Baroque masters. The playing ca...

THE HAWK depicts an expressive contemporary portrait of long haired older man with full mustache, seated holding what looks to be playing cards in his hand, his intense staring sugge...

While Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland begins outside on a warm summer day, uses changes in size as a plot device, and the imagery of playing cards, Through the Looking-Glass begins ...

Rendered with meticulous tonal gradation, the composition presents a bird skull poised among playing cards and tightly wound balls of twine, the shallow space compressing the objects...

There is a secret compartment in the base, which can be opened by pressing the secret button in front of the central decanter, revealing two packs of playing cards, a cribbage board ...

assemblage sculpture: WWI ammo box remade into an ambulance, metal blimp, hand painted Red Cross, inside - Red Cross armband & old photo of soldier and nurse, WWI binoculars, playing...

On the lower Hall were 2 courtrooms, and above these chambers for playing cards and taking tea. On the first floor is the Council Chamber, later called the Assembly Room.

The arrangement recalls several sources without literally copying any of them: Romanian folk ornament, medieval heraldry, playing cards, children’s puzzles, masks and the frontal or ...

Imagery included the Tower of Babel, bodies suspended in space, and crowds of people all dressed alike, with identical features and entirely black eyes. Mannequins, playing cards, nu...

Key examples include Picasso’s Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1910; Art Institute of Chicago) and Playing Cards, Glasses, Bottle of Rum: ‘Vive la France’ (1914; The Metropolita...

Key examples include Picasso’s Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1910; Art Institute of Chicago) and Playing Cards, Glasses, Bottle of Rum: ‘Vive la France’ (1914; The Metropolita...

Key examples include Picasso’s Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1910; Art Institute of Chicago) and Playing Cards, Glasses, Bottle of Rum: ‘Vive la France’ (1914; The Metropolita...

Key examples include Picasso’s Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1910; Art Institute of Chicago) and Playing Cards, Glasses, Bottle of Rum: ‘Vive la France’ (1914; The Metropolita...

Key examples include Picasso’s Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1910; Art Institute of Chicago) and Playing Cards, Glasses, Bottle of Rum: ‘Vive la France’ (1914; The Metropolita...

The inclusions consist of painting objects that have no real depth, materials (wallpaper in Nature morte aux playing cards faux wood is a pictorial inclusion) or letters (calligraphi...

The inclusions consist of painting objects that have no real depth, materials (wallpaper in Nature morte aux playing cards faux wood is a pictorial inclusion) or letters (calligraphi...

The inclusions consist of painting objects that have no real depth, materials (wallpaper in Nature morte aux playing cards faux wood is a pictorial inclusion) or letters (calligraphi...

The inclusions consist of painting objects that have no real depth, materials (wallpaper in Nature morte aux playing cards faux wood is a pictorial inclusion) or letters (calligraphi...

The inclusions consist of painting objects that have no real depth, materials (wallpaper in Nature morte aux playing cards faux wood is a pictorial inclusion) or letters (calligraphi...

His compositions frequently contain playing cards, musical instruments, bottles, glasses and fragments of lettering—objects associated with café life and the intellectual culture of ...

The rectangular fold-over top opens to reveal a red baize playing surface, perfectly suited for cards, chess, or backgammon, and is crossbanded in satinwood with ebony stringing alon...