Cleveland Museum of Art artists card game

This informative art pack was made by Carta Mundi and published by US Games Systems Inc., c. 1993 for the Cleveland Museum of Art. It features 52 full-colour reproductions of a selection of the Museum’s major works. Unfortunately, the reproductions are not as large and therefore not as detailed as they would be if they occupied most of the card face. The reason for the relatively small size is that the pack is designed to be both suitable for all card games and as a quartet deck. Each set of 4 playing cards (i.e., the 4 Aces, the 4 Kings, etc.) are a “quartet” for purposes of the card game, and each card depicts a work of art taken from the Museum collection. Each card gives the name and artist of the work depicted and also gives the names and artists of the other three works in its “quartet.” Along one side of each card information about the particular work depicted is given in very fine print, and along the other side a different artistic period or school of art are displayed. See the box►

Above: Cleveland Museum of Art artists card game published by US Games Systems Inc., c. 1993. The deck comprises 52 suited cards: 13 quartets of 4 cards each; there are no jokers. There are three additional cards: rules for the Artists card game and two promotional cards.