Tarot de Marseille - Leo Ferre....

[LixiPixi]

....is there such a thing? Is it still available? Does anyone have it? Do you like it? I've only seen scans and just love the color scheme of it. If it is still available - is it ridiculously priced? I'd love some insight into this deck. I never hear it talked about around here and I know some of you are VERY well educated in TdM's! Enlighten me on the Leo Ferre, please??

LP~

ADDED: Here's the link to the deck....

http://taroteca.multiply.com/photos/album/146

 

[Fulgour]

"In accordance with an idea of Mrs Francette Perin, headmaster of the School "LEO FERRE" in Ambrières-Les-Vallées in Mayenne, some 72 pupils worked at the creation of a Tarot deck according to the traditional "Tarot de Marseilles", under the combined talents of Mr Gilles Heuzé, Plastic Art teacher and Pierrick Pinot, Illuminator-Painter..."

http://argolance.free.fr/anglais/aginterv.htm

with also
http://argolance.free.fr/intervention/index1.htm

 

[jmd]

In the last Newsletter of the ATS - "Working with Children and Tarot", I also make mention of Pierrick Pinot's work (following on from the wonderful work undertaken by the Flornoys, and presented by Roxanne).

There are a number of threads hereon that have also discussed this deck - usually, however, in the context of the manner in which it was created, rather than the intrinsic value of the deck itself.

Though I have another of Pinot's wonderful Tarot de Marseille, I do not (at this stage) own this one. It is, in any case, a wonderful hallmark of work done with a group of teenagers, with both the great and not-so-great consequences of this kind of work.

A deck I value for its creation, rather than for its finished product.

 

[LixiPixi]

What wonderful bits of information - thank you so much! That certainly explains the inconsistencies in the drawings. Being a homeschooling mother, it just adds to the interest I have in this deck. Does anyone know if it was ever or is it available for purchase? Did it ever get published by anyone?

 

[Moonbow]

Hi Lixi,

I knew I read about this some time ago... there is an old thread here

 

[Rusty Neon]

I'm curious as to what happened to the "original" Leo Ferre deck that was made by the schoolchildren. Did each child take home his/her card? Or are the 78 original cards kept somewhere, such as in a display cabinet at the school?

Anyone know?