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

In the dusty arena of Vallauris, bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin leans over a charging bull during a fight held for Pablo Picasso's 80th birthday, 29 October 1961. The bull, blurred with motion, kicks up dust as a dense crowd watches from behind a wooden barrier. Together with fellow matador Domingo Ortega, Dominguin would kill a bull in the artist's honor, an act forbidden in France. Picasso willingly paid the subsequent 5,000-franc fine.

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Bullfight, Bullfighters

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