Baraja Charra Ernesto Icaza
“Baraja Charra” with paintings by Ernesto Icaza, 2002.
“Baraja Charra” with paintings of Mexican cowboys wearing broad-rimmed hats by Ernesto Icaza (1876-1926) on each card, 2002
Above: “Baraja Charra” with paintings by Ernesto Icaza, a mural painter. Published in Mexico by Francisco J. Fernandez Soto, printed by Productos Leo S.A. de C.V., 2002.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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