King of Hearts
It takes more that just a good-looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
- Lee Haney
Historically, the King of Hearts represents Charlemagne. And recently? Alan Bates, maybe?
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Artist: David Hockney, who has/had works displayed in Great Britain
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Belfast - Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Bradford - Cartwright Hall Art Gallery |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Kingston upon Hull - Ferens Art Gallery |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | London -
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | Arts Council of Great Britain |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | Borough of Camden |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | British Council |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | British Museum |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | Contemporary Art Society |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | Tate Gallery |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | Victoria and Albert Museum |
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![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Manchester - Whitworth Art Gallery at Manchester University |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Sheffield - Sheffield City Art Gallery |
and in Australia
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Melbourne - National Gallery of Victoria |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Sydney - Art Gallery of New South Wales |
and in Austria
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Vienna - Graphische Sammlung Albertina |
and in Belgium
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Ghent - Musée de Ghent |
and in Brazil
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Olinda - Olinda Museum |
and in Denmark
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Humlebaek - Louisiana Museum |
and in Germany
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Darmstadt -
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | City Collection |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | Stadtische Kunstsammlungen |
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and in the Netherlands
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Rotterdam - Museum Boymans-van Benningen |
and in the United States
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Baltimore - Museum of Art |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Boulder - University of Colorado |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Chicago - Art Institute of Chicago |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Corvallis - Oregon State University |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Des Moines - American Republic Insurance Company |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Detroit - Institute of Arts |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Minneapolis - Institute of Arts |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | New York City -
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | Harry N Abrams Family Collection |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | McCrory Corporation |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull2.gif) | Museum of Modern Art |
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![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Philadelphia - Museum of Art |
![bullet](/static/images/anabull1.gif) | Washington DC - Joseph H Hirschhorn Collection |
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Artist: Nicholas Moser
Source: playingcardsales.co.uk
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Mummy Playing Cards
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1992
Source: playingcardsales.co.uk
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