Para la celebracion del 100 aniversario del tarot Rider-Waite, el Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative set sera apreciado por todos los coleccionistas y amantes del arte.

Este set deluxe inlcuye el tarot centenial Smith-Waite y dos libros; The Artwork and Times of Pamela Colman Smith, por Stuart R.Kaplan, con 100 ejemplose de su arte que no esta relacion con el tarot, y The Pictorial Key to the Tarot por Arthur Waite en un nuevo formato. ESta nueva edicion esta creado a partir de la baraja original de 1909 y viene con 78 cartas con  una bolsa.

Este set tambien incluye dos impresos de Pamela Colman, una foto y un autoretrato, los dos de 5" x 7", ideales para enmarcar, seis postales de colores con el arte de Pamela Colman Smith, y una guia de tiradas. Todo ello envuelto en una bonia caja deluxe.

Sobre Pamela Colman Smith:

Nacio el 16 de Febrero de 1878 en Middlesex, una inglesa con padres americanos. Su ayos de infancia los paso entre Londres, Nueva York  y Kingston. En su adolescenia,viajo por Inglaterra con su compañia de teatro Ellen Terry y  Henry Irving.Mas adelante empezo con su entrenamiento en el instituto de Pratt en Brooklyn, se graduo en 1897.

çAunque  era americana de nacimiento, volvio a Inglaterra, dond eshe volvio diseñadora de teatro para un pequeño teatro, tambien fue ilustradora, mayoritariamente de libros,pamfletos y posters.

Haya por 1903 se unio a la Orden de Golden Dawn. En 1990 bajo la tutela de Arthur Edward Waite, paso una serie de cuadros asimetricos sinendo 78 , esto bajo la opinion de Waite, era un comienzo al mundo del tarot.

Solo por esto Pamela seguramente hubiese sido olvidada. menos por el hecho de que las 78 cartas conocidas como el rider waite tarot. Estaria emocionada y sorprendida de que su tarot le gusste a ceintos de miles de personas. 

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Rider-Waite Deck, the Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative set will be cherished by all tarot collectors and art lovers.

The deluxe set includes the Smith-Waite Centennial Tarot Deck and two books; The Artwork and Times of Pamela Colman Smith, by Stuart R. Kaplan, with over 100 examples of her non-tarot art, and The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite, in a new format. The Smith-Waite Centennial Edition Tarot Deck is reproduced from the original 1909 deck and comes with a 78-card deck with drawstring organza bag.

The set also includes: 2 prints of Pamela Colman Smith, one photo and one self-portrait, both 5” x 7” suitable for framing; six color postcards of artwork by Pamela Colman Smith; and Spread Sheet Guide. Everything is attractively packaged in a deluxe keepsake case.

About Pamela Colman Smith
She was born February 16, 1878, in Middlesex, England to American parents. Her childhood years were spent between London, New York, and Kingston, Jamaica. During her teens, she traveled throughout England with the theatre company of Ellen Terry and Henry Irving. Thereafter, she began formal art training at the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, graduating in 1897.

Although American by birth, she returned to England, where she became a theatrical designer for miniature theatre, and an illustrator -- mainly of books, pamphlets and posters.

Around 1903, she joined the Order of the Golden Dawn. In 1909, under the guidance of Arthur Edward Waite, she undertook a series of seventy-eight allegorical paintings described by Waite as a rectified tarot pack. The designs, published in the same year by William Rider and Son, exemplify the mysticism, ritual, imagination, fantasy, and deep emotions of the artist.

Pamela Colman Smith would all but be forgotten except for the seventy-eight tarot paintings known as the Rider-Waite Tarot pack. She would no doubt be astonished and gladdened to know that today the deck touches the hearts and emotions of millions of people.

Weight     2.00 lbs
ISBN     978-1-57281-639-8
Size     Case measures 5-1/4" x 7-1/4" x 3" ; Cards measure 2-3/4" x 4-3/4"
Author     Stuart R. Kaplan
Artist     Pamela Colman Smith