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Karl Gerich Original Playing Cards in uncut sheet format
Pack No: 1 EARLY ENGLISH PATTERN
Karl Gerich Handmade Playing Cards uncut sheet of the twelve court ccards 1982
The research on Karl and his individual packs, part of which is quoted below, has been compiled by
... clearly a near mimic of the single-ended pattern used in England until the middle of the nineteenth century.
The pack shows wide eyed, mildly distorted figures holding halberd, flower, sword, orb and mace.
They are crudely etched although beginning to show Karl’s eye for detail.
The hand colouring is in block reds, blues, pink, black and yellow which although uneven at times is an accurate representation of many of the single-ended cards produced.
The court cards are unsuited in this uncut sheet although they bear a strong resemblance in overall design to the cards shown in Hargrave p1812.
Sheet inscribed Karl Gerich 1982 AP - NFS
[ Presuming NFS stands for 'Not For Sale' ]
Size: Outer 39cm x 29cm
Inner 35cm x 18cm
A total of five, 52-card packs were produced with stencilled and unvarnished pips together with a number of uncut sheets.
REF: KGS_1
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Pack No: 2 "French Pattern" from 1982
Karl Gerich Handmade Playing Cards - uncut sheet
The research on Karl and his individual packs, part of which is quoted below, has been compiled by
... so far as we are aware, exists only as uncut sheets with twelve, hand-coloured suited court cards.
It is based on the early Paris pattern.
The faces of the courts show wide-eyed features of original and idiosyncratic design with the four kings extravagantly bearded while the overall colouring is with bright reds, blues, yellow and brown.
Only exists as an uncut sheet
REF: KGS_2
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Pack No:4 XP8-Patience c1983
Karl Gerich Handmade Playing Cards - uncut sheet
The research on Karl and his individual packs, part of which is quoted below, has been compiled by
... is an “XP8-Patience” sheet of twelve hand-coloured, unsuited, double-ended court cards that Karl derived from the “Frankfurt Pattern”.
This sheet is beginning to show Karl’s ability to work in a fine and detailed manner, which allows him to give tone and depth to the cards he designs.
It is interesting that while he handles the division between the two ends of the cards well in this case he is not consistent. He uses both diagonal and horizontal division although this does not affect the overall pleasing quality to the cards.
Only exists as an uncut sheet
Size: Outer: 50cm x 34cm
Inner: 32cm x 14cm
REF: KGS_4
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Pack No:6 c1983 Karl Gerich Handmade Playing Cards
uncut sheet
The research on Karl and his individual packs, part of which is quoted below, has been compiled by
... is an idiosyncratic version of the “English Pattern” which while retaining many of the elements of the English pattern is given a continental feeling.
The court cards have a strong horizontal band across the centre, which has the effect of turning each picture into a portrait.
The sheets were offered in both coloured and non-coloured versions.
Size: Outer: 39cm x 20cm
REF: KGS_6
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Pack No:6 c1983 Karl Gerich Handmade Playing Cards
uncut sheet in Black & White
The research on Karl and his individual packs, part of which is quoted below, has been compiled by
... is an idiosyncratic version of the “English Pattern” which while retaining many of the elements of the English pattern is given a continental feeling.
The court cards have a strong horizontal band across the centre, which has the effect of turning each picture into a portrait.
The sheets were offered in both coloured and non-coloured versions.
Size: Outer: 39cm x 20cm
REF: KGS_6_BW
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Pack No:7 "Gerich" 1983
Karl Gerich Handmade Playing Cards - uncut sheet
The research on Karl and his individual packs, part of which is quoted below, has been compiled by
... The plate for KG7, “Gerich” was cut in 1983 but Gerich did not pursue this work through to publication as a pack.
The originality of his thinking and his skill as an engraver is beginning to emerge in this design.
Some of the single-ended standing courts have retained their usual attributes while others have been given modern accoutrements
including the Queen of Hearts with a shopping bag, the Jack of Hearts with a Rubik cube, the Jack of Diamonds with an electric guitar and a smoke
and the Jack of Clubs with a can of lager and a glue sniffer’s bag!
Only exists as an uncut sheet
This sheet is signed
Karl Gerich 1983
Size: Outer: 39cm x 15cm
REF: KGS_7
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Pack No:7 "Gerich" 1983 Karl Gerich Handmade Playing Cards
uncut sheet in Black & White
The research on Karl and his individual packs, part of which is quoted below, has been compiled by
... The plate for KG7, “Gerich” was cut in 1983 but Gerich did not pursue this work through to publication as a pack.
The originality of his thinking and his skill as an engraver is beginning to emerge in this design.
Some of the single-ended standing courts have retained their usual attributes while others have been given modern accoutrements
including the Queen of Hearts with a shopping bag, the Jack of Hearts with a Rubik cube, the Jack of Diamonds with an electric guitar and a smoke
and the Jack of Clubs with a can of lager and a glue sniffer’s bag!
Only exists as an uncut sheet
Size: Outer: 39cm x 15cm
REF: KGS_7_BW
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Pack No: 19 - Curieuse 1987
Karl Gerich Handmade Playing Cards - uncut sheet
The research on Karl and his individual packs, part of which is quoted below, has been compiled by
... KG19 is another unpublished exercise by Gerich.
The courts, joker and two additional cards are produced from an etching on a single sheet of paper.
Each card would have been
32mm x 57mm
Only exists as an uncut sheet
Size: Outer: 32cm x 24cm
Inner: 20cm x 20cm
REF: KGS_19_BW
Pack No: Karl 34 "Lettische Patience" 1994
Black Suits Gerich Handmade Playing Cards - uncut sheet
The research on Karl and his individual packs, part of which is quoted below, has been compiled by
... “Lettische Patience”, KG34, is derived from a pack by Lettische Wertpapierdruckerei c. 1940, and was published to commemorate the emergence of Latvia as an independent country.
It was published in 1994 as a 32-card pack with one joker, the cards of which are 36mmx 55mm, in an edition of about 20 packs.
. The joker shows a crouching satyr.
REF: KGS_34CS
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Pack No: 34 Red SuitsKarl Gerich Handmade Playing Cards - uncut sheet
The research on Karl and his individual packs, part of which is quoted below, has been compiled by
... “Lettische Patience”, KG34, is derived from a pack by Lettische Wertpapierdruckerei c. 1940, and was published to commemorate the emergence of Latvia as an independent country.
It was published in 1994 as a 32-card pack with one joker, the cards of which are 36mmx 55mm, in an edition of about 20 packs.
. The joker shows a crouching satyr.
REF: KG34_HD
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REF: KGS_34HD
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