Luck and Death

2013/10/03

Au Café by the French painter Jean Béraud. A couple is observing a backgammon set.

A nice Queen of Hearts by the artist Serge Birault. It's the old Fortuna or Lady Luck presented as pin up.

Donald the cheater. Cover illustration from a German edition.

Ursula Andress in Casino Royale. Real glamour is only with roulette.

A retro pin up in the typical billard pose.

Pulp cover illustration by Rudolph Belarski. No doubt what crumbled means.

Lucky at cards. A pulp cover with the typical smoking femme fatale dropping the most symbolic aces.

Emma Peel with cards. What else could it be than ace and queen of hearts?

Christina Hendricks by Miles Aldridge for GQ Russia in 2010

Pin Up by Ted Hammond. This one is the deadly ace of spades.