Antonio Ordóñez, 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 à Arles 1959. A bullfight Picasso attended (see "Picasso").

In the Arles arena, matador Antonio Ordóñez confronts a bull during the Corrida des vendanges, 1959. Dressed in an embroidered "suit of lights" and montera hat, he holds his cape as the large animal turns, its hind legs lifted from the sand. Ordóñez, a leading bullfighter of the 1950s and the last survivor of the duelists chronicled by Hemingway in "The Dangerous Summer," was watched on this occasion by Pablo Picasso, who was among the spectators in the stands.

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