PIN-UP'S & EROTICA

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This version of the Déesses deck by Philibert is the third one and probably dates from around 1960. It has the same rectangular pictures on the cards as the second version, but here a golden oval line was placed behind each picture. The indices are in French and English. The names of the goddesses are printed in gold. The deck was probably printed by Boéchat & Frères, which firm did the printing for many other Philibert decks too.
The typical Philibert lay-out of the card is easily recognizable. They had a -for those days- very creative designer or design team and here the depth is suggested by the models, who surpass the borders of the rectangular cut background, and the large suit symbols, which are partially visible behind the rectangular background picture. The indices and suit symbols are printed over the golden oval line, thus creating 4 layers in the design. This suggestion of depth by creating layers in the design is seen in many of the Philibert pin-up decks.

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The deck consists of 52 cards, 2 jokers and a title card, shown here below.