Visionaire #21 Diamond Issue Limited Edition Deck of Cards

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In celebration of the launch of ORA BOOK GALLERY, we have selected these special books from our book vault for … Read more In celebration of the launch of ORA BOOK GALLERY, we have selected these special books from our book vault for our launch!

ORA BOOK GALLERY Is proud to present VISIONAIRE #21 THE DIAMOND ISSUE. limited Edition of 3,000 worldwide. Published by Visionarie publishing, 1997.

This book is edition Number 1,196 of 3,000 copies. The book is a full deck of oversize playing cards, packaged in navy blue leather jewelry box. Each
box has its own lock and come with a gold key.

SIZE(LxWxH)
7.75 in x 2.00 in x 9.50 in

WEIGHT
3.20 LB

This issue provided two rare opportunities, among the many others that accompany the making of each issue of Visionaire. First, we were able to hand over entire series of images (in this case, card suits) to individual art directors. Fabien Baron conceived the House of Hearts as a meditation on motion with dancer Ushio Amagatsu of Sankai Juku. M/M, Paris realized the House of Spades in a variety of Parisian butcher shops. Lee Swillingham and Stuart Spalding portrayed the House of Clubs in - where else? - nightclubs. And Visionaire worked with thirteen artists to build the House of Diamonds. Mario Testino shot John Galliano as the King while Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin photographed Iman as the Queen, dressed, fittingly, in Alexander McQueen. A Bruce Weber boy toy was the Jack. The second opportunity was the incorporation of diamonds, courtesy of the Diamond Information Center, DeBeers and H. Stern, into each picture, which required the highly insured shipping of millions of dollars worth of jewels to all parts of the globe. See less