WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: Le Jeu de Marseille (The Game of Marseille) Le Jeu de Marseille is a game of
WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: Le Jeu de Marseille (The Game of Marseille) Le Jeu de Marseille is a game of surrealist playing cards created in March 1941 by the artists Andre Breton, Wifredo Lam, Max Ernst, Jazqueline Lamba, Oscar Dominguez, Victor Brauner, Jacques Herold, Andre Masson, and Frederic Delanglade. These surrealists were attempting to escape from Nazi-occupied Europe to America. While they waited to leave the country, they stayed at the Villa Air-Bel in Marseille and created The Game of Marseille. They deconstructed the monarchial playing cards and created revolutionary designs expressing their own ideals. They changed the cards’ suits to: Locks for knowledge (black), Wheels for revolution (red), Stars for dreams (black) and Flames for love (red). The playing card designs were published in 1943 in the surrealist magazine, VVV Magazine. The game was also exhibited at the moma in NYC. SEE ALL WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY POSTSFind it in the catalog -- source link
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