Spectators from left: Paulo Picasso, John Richardson, Douglas Cooper, Francine Weisweiller, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Luis Miguel Dominguin (spectator because of injuries), Lucia Bosè, Jacqueline. Antonio Ordonez, a leading bullfighter in the 1950's and the last survivor of the dueling matadors chronicled by Hemingway in ''The Dangerous Summer''. Corrida des vendanges. Arles 1959.

In the Arles arena during the 1959 Corrida des vendanges, matador Antonio Ordonez faces a formidable bull. Dressed in a traditional "suit of lights," he holds his muleta during a tense pause in the action. Watching from the stands is Pablo Picasso with his wife Jacqueline, his son Paulo, and friends including Jean Cocteau and Francine Weisweiller. Also observing is Ordonez’s great rival Luis Miguel Dominguin, sidelined by injury, with his wife Lucia Bosè, alongside art historians John Richardson and Douglas Cooper.

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Bullfight, Bullfighters

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