BAPHOMET - TAROT OF THE UNDERWORLD Akron/H.R.Giger Book with 23 lithographs Signed by H.R. Giger 1992 Edition: 58/99 Provenance: Swiss private collection Swiss artist H.R. Giger became world famous for his work on the U.S. film Alien, for which he was awarded an Oscar in 1979. Together with Akron, a Swiss artist and occultist, he later worked on a special tarot project, which was presented during two vernissages in the Giger Bar in Chur and in the Baviera Gallery in Zurich. The artists thus created a "dark" tarot around Baphomet, a demon with a horned goats head, female breasts, and a pentagram on his forehead. The 23 works show the visions of birth and death, love and hate. The abysses of the human soul can be seen in Gigers dark figures. This high-quality illustrated book features Gigers sketches of the Baphomet Tarot cards. The book is signed by H.R. Giger and Akron. BAPHOMET - TAROT DER UNTERWELT Akron/H.R.Giger Buch mit 23 Lithografien Signiert 1992 Edition: 99 Provenienz: Schweizer Privat Sammlung Der Schweizer Künstler H.R. Giger ist für seine Arbeit am US-amerikanischen Fim Alien berühmt geworden, für den er mit einem Oscar ausgezeichnet wurde. Zusammen mit Akron, einem Schweizer Künstler und Okkultisten, arbeitete er 10 Jahre sp?ter an speziellen Tarotkarten, die anl?sslich zweier Vernissagen in der Giger-Bar in Chur und in der Galerie Baviera in Zürich vorgestellt wurden. Die Künstler schufen damit ein "dunkles" Tarot rund um Baphomet, einem D?mon mit geh?rntem Ziegenkopf, weiblichen Brüsten und einem Pentagramm auf der Stirn. Die 23 Werke zeigen die Visionen von Geburt und Tod, Liebe und Hass. Die Abgründe der menschlichen Seele sind in Gigers düsteren Gestalten zu sehen. In diesem hochwertigen Bildband sind Gigers Skizzen zu den Tarotkarten des Baphomet-Tarots zu sehen. Die 23 Lithografien in drei Farben wurden 1992 als Luxusausgabe in der Schweiz gedruckt. Das Buch ist von H.R.Giger und Akron signiert.
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