CATS, CAKES, CLOTHES, AND CUPS

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes & Cups

Sensory Memorandum

Compass of Change 1996

The Golden Rose

Night Sea Crossing

Passage Illuminated

Apperception, a symbolic narrative 1991

Aberrant Observance

Quest

Mending before Ending

Deanin's Dreams

The Glass Ball

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups, boxed set of inkjet printed playing cards, booklet and a silk playing card table cover.

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups, booklet open, suit of cats, silk playing card table cover.

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups, booklet closed, suit of cats, silk playing card table cover.

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups, playing cards, detail.

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups, Ace of Cats, and Jack of Cats.

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups, Ace of Cakes and the Joker.

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups, suit of cats.

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups, suit of cakes.

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups, suit of clothes.

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Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups, suit of cups.

Dianne Longley - Title of Book: Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups
Medium: boxed set of inkjet printed playing cards, booklet and a silk playing card table cover
Size: box 21.5 x 16 x 4cm, playing cards 9 x 6cm, silk playing card table cover 41 x 39cm, and booklet 20 pages, 20 x 13.5cm, box made by Anthony Zammit, booklet and playing cards by the artist
Edition of 8 : signed and numbered, 1999
Brief Description: This intriging set of inkjet printed playing cards features suits inspired by the artist's favourite things. Female friends are included as court cards. This boxed set of cards was inspired by the artist's visit to an historic playing card factory in Belgium in 1990. The booklet lists each card in the suits, and there is a story about the inspiration for each suit, as well as a brief history of playing cards in the west.