C. 1940s Mexican Folk Art Bullfighters Set oversized penny then released by German publisher

then released by German publisher Kurt Wolff in 1924

and in another the following verse is added

which I especially love for the pips (the lush red and arching sides of these diamonds make me swoon

this one on the La Antiguedad de Santiago cigar box label

which likely once fit into a post attached to a platform

C. 1940s Mexican Folk Art Bullfighters Set oversized penny then released by German publisherI've come across a few of these little Mexican wire bullfighting figures over the years, and have always found them pretty amazing, but I've never found as large a set as this, allowing for some pretty exciting arrangements! These were all handmade, c. 1940s I believe, of wire and clay, and hand painted; I really love the exuberant gestures of the figures with their waving arms, and a red cut paper muleta pierced by the arm of one of them. Three