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Tarot Balbi      1976 Domenico Balbi      Spain                                                   Art Medium: Pen drawing probably coloured using acrylics. Description: Domenico Balbi (1927-2005) was born in Genoa. As an artist he is known for his pen drawings, his engravings and his colourful paintings of Parisian street scences. He was interested in the kabbalah and esotericism and published articles on metaphysical and philosophical topics. As with his paintings his tarot designs use bright, non naturalistic colourings. The Emperor card apparently is a stylized portrait of Stuart Kaplan, the tarot author and publisher.