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 in 1954, Pablo Picasso leans from the spectator stands to congratulate bullfighter Pepe Luis Marca. Dressed in his intricately embroidered 'traje de luces,' Marca holds a decorative ceramic plate awarded to him by the artist. To the left stands French bullfighter Pierrette Le Bourdiec. Also in the grandstand are Michel Leiris, Claude Picasso, Vallauris mayor Paul Derigon (beside Picasso), Hélène Parmelin, and Edouard Pignon.
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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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