Bullfight put on in Pablo Picasso's honor (80. birthday). Luis Miguel Dominguin presents Pablo Picasso the ears of the bull he killed. The bullfighters Dominguin and Domingo Ortega both killed a bull but this was forbidden in France. Pablo Picasso paid the fine of 5000 Francs. Vallauris 29.10.1961.

In a sandy arena, photographer Edward Quinn focuses his lens on the matador Luis Miguel Dominguin. The occasion is a bullfight staged in Vallauris to celebrate Pablo Picasso’s 80th birthday. Visible among the spectators behind the barrier, Picasso watches intently as Dominguin and fellow matador Domingo Ortega each kill a bull—an act forbidden in France. Dominguin later presented the ears to the artist, who paid the resulting 5000 Francs fine for the event. Vallauris, 29 October 1961.

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Bullfight, Bullfighters

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pic611021.jpg

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