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"Tarot" comprises four pieces: "The Lovers", "The Empress", "The
Emperor" and "Strength", each nodding to the card imagery.
"I've always been tremendously curious about the tarot," Depp
said in a video.
"There's a great art to the cards themselves, dating back to
forever ago and the unseen art of reading the cards."
"The Lovers" depicts a well-dressed couple, with the male
holding a red rose, while "The Empress", featuring a female
figure wearing a weathered crown, pays tribute to Paradis with
whom Depp was together for 14 years before their 2012 split.
They have two children, and Depp said they had remained "very
close".
"Strength" depicts a gazing elephant and is inscribed with the
words: “Why do you want to fight with something that doesn’t
want to fight with you?". It was inspired by a painting Depp
made when Paradis was pregnant.
Eyeless but with made-up red lips, "The Emperor" recalls a
17th-century French monarch and was inspired by a work Depp made
while filming "Jeanne du Barry", in which he played King Louis
XV, in Versailles.
The movie, which premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival,
marked Depp's first major role since his 2022 high-profile
defamation trial against his ex-wife, actor Amber Heard.
Depp's "Tarot" series, limited to 195 editions and priced at
$4,500 for an individual framed piece, follows previous
collections by the actor. It will be sold by British art
retailer Castle Fine Art.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; editing by Barbara Lewis)
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