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 leans from the stands to congratulate bullfighter Pepe Luis Marca. In an ornate suit, Marca holds a large ceramic plate awarded to him as a prize by the artist. Picasso, wearing a patterned shirt and holding a cigarette, shakes his hand over a wooden barrier. In the foreground is French bullfighter Pierrette Le Bourdiec, while the grandstand includes Michel Leiris, Claude Picasso, Mayor Paul Derigon, Hélène Parmelin, and Edouard Pignon. Vallauris, 1954.

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Artworks:

"Courses de taureaux" ("Corrida"), 1953. RamieG:297; Ramie.A:181

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Keywords:

Bullfight, BullfightArt, Ceramics, Writers

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