| | BOOK FORMAT Boxed, 54 cards, 2.5 x 3.5 in. / 54 pgs / 54 color. PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 9/25/2018 Active DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: SPRING 2019 p. 41 PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9780995745544 SDNR50 List Price: $20.00 CDN $29.95 AVAILABILITY In stock | | BROWSE THE 2021 SPRING CATALOG  Preview our SPRING 2021 catalog, featuring more than 400 new books on art, photography, design, architecture, film, music and visual culture. |
|   |   | Russian Criminal Playing CardsDeck of 54 Playing CardsCompiled by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell.
 This deck of cards has been put together using four different sets (one for each suit) made by Russian criminals in prisons during the 1980s. Prohibited by the prison authorities, they were constructed from innocuous materials procured from the everyday routine of prison life, their unique designs skillfully manipulated so that they could be read.
The respect commanded by any criminal was directly related to his ability to play, and win, at cards. Being "lucky" at cards was also seen as a good omen (even if the winner cheated, as this practice is acceptable within the thieves' world). A thief could stake anything in a card game, a finger, an arm, the life of another inmate, or even his own. If he lost, the debt had to be paid immediately. The penalty for defaulting was expulsion, a forcibly applied tattoo or, in some cases, death.
Mostly confiscated and destroyed by the authorities, original decks are difficult to obtain and often incomplete. The authentic designs reproduced here have been taken from original cards collected over the last ten years by the authors. A standard Russian deck contains only 36 cards. This pack has been adapted to make a complete standard Western deck of 52 cards and 2 jokers, making them suitable for any game.
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| | FROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 9/30/2018 We are so excited to finally have stock of FUEL Publishing's new boxed 54-card deck of Russian Criminal Playing Cards. Each of the four suits in this standard 2.5 x 3.5-inch set is reproduced from a different DIY deck hand-made by an incarcerated Russian criminal during the 1980s. Because Soviet-era wardens forbade card playing, prisoners were obliged to fabricate their own personal card sets on the sly, using everyday materials sourced from prison life. For example, these cards were produced with hand-cut stencils and inked with substances like soot and blood. For more on the secret art and culture of the Russian criminal playing card, see the companion publication, Russian Criminal Tattoos and Playing Cards—also from FUEL. continue to blog | |  | Compiled by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell.FUEL PUBLISHINGISBN: 9780995745544 USD $20.00 | CAN $29.95Pub Date: 9/25/2018 Active | In stock
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| Russian Criminal Playing Cards Deck of 54 Playing Cards Published by FUEL Publishing. Compiled by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. | This deck of cards has been put together using four different sets (one for each suit) made by Russian criminals in prisons during the 1980s. Prohibited by the prison authorities, they were constructed from innocuous materials procured from the everyday routine of prison life, their unique designs skillfully manipulated so that they could be read.
The respect commanded by any criminal was directly related to his ability to play, and win, at cards. Being "lucky" at cards was also seen as a good omen (even if the winner cheated, as this practice is acceptable within the thieves' world). A thief could stake anything in a card game, a finger, an arm, the life of another inmate, or even his own. If he lost, the debt had to be paid immediately. The penalty for defaulting was expulsion, a forcibly applied tattoo or, in some cases, death.
Mostly confiscated and destroyed by the authorities, original decks are difficult to obtain and often incomplete. The authentic designs reproduced here have been taken from original cards collected over the last ten years by the authors. A standard Russian deck contains only 36 cards. This pack has been adapted to make a complete standard Western deck of 52 cards and 2 jokers, making them suitable for any game.
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