Local Corrida at Vallauris. Pablo Picasso having given a ceramic plate as a price, congratulates Pepe Luis Marca. On the left is French lady bullfighter Pierrette Le Bourdiec. On the grandstand from left Michel Leiris, Claude Picasso, beside Pablo Picasso Paul Derigon, the mayor of Vallauris, Hélène Parmelin, Edouard Pignon. Vallauris 1954.
At a local corrida in Vallauris, Pablo Picasso congratulates matador Pepe Luis Marca, presenting him with a ceramic plate as a prize. Dressed in a floral-patterned shirt, the artist leans from the stands to shake hands with Marca, who holds the decorated plate in his ornate suit of lights. In the foreground, French bullfighter Pierrette Le Bourdiec looks on. Among the spectators in the grandstand are Michel Leiris, Claude Picasso, Vallauris mayor Paul Derigon, Hélène Parmelin, and painter Edouard Pignon. Vallauris, 1954.
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Artworks:
- "Courses de taureaux" ("Corrida"), 1953. RamieG:297; Ramie.A:181
Abbreviations: see Bibliography
Keywords:
Bullfight, BullfightArt, Ceramics, Writers
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