Martin Sharp’s Psychedelic Tarot
Psychedelic Tarot by Martin Sharp issued in poster form with an issue of OZ magazine.
Martin Sharp (1942-2013) was an Australian artist who moved to London in 1966 and who began working for the London version of the underground magazine OZ, edited by Richard Neville. His Tarot card designs appeared in poster form on the rear cover of #4 of OZ magazine in June 1967. Most striking are the colours used – black, gold and dayglow pink. The traditional card titles form part of each design, though not always easy to see at first glance. The psychedelic designs include references to William Blake (trump 1), Mary Poppins (trump 2), Timothy Leary (trump 4), Monty Python (trump 10), and Oscar Wilde and Sigmund Freud (trump 11). Unusually, trump 21 is The Fool, while trump 22 is The World. Titles and descriptive meanings appear in small type at the top or bottom of each card, with Martin Sharp’s name located at the foot of trump 22. Nowadays considered rare.
Psychedelic Tarot cards designed by Martin Sharp for OZ Magazine, London, 1967. 22 cards (originally issued in poster form), here mounted on board. Size: 63 x 147 mm approx.
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By Roddy Somerville
France • Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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