Spanish torero Jose Montero. First Corrida of Vallauris 1954. On the grandstand Françoise Gilot, Pablo Picasso, Claude Picasso. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Spanish torero Jose Montero. First Corrida of Vallauris 1954. On the grandstand Françoise Gilot, Pablo Picasso, Claude Picasso.

At the first Corrida of Vallauris in 1954, Spanish torero Jose Montero stands alone in the sandy bullring. Dressed in a traditional, ornate suit of lights and seen in profile, he extends his arm in a gesture towards the stands. Among the spectators watching from behind the wooden barrier are Françoise Gilot, Pablo Picasso, and their son Claude. The photograph captures a moment of ceremony, with a flag and a floral-patterned cloth draped over the barrier in the foreground.


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Bullfight, Bullfighters

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