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 sandy arena, leading matador Antonio Ordóñez stands poised, dressed in the ornate "traje de luces." He holds a large cape before him, a flowing barrier against a dark bull captured mid-charge, its hooves off the ground and head lowered. This dramatic moment is from the Corrida des vendanges in Arles, 1959, an event attended by Picasso. Ordóñez was a dueling matador chronicled by his friend Ernest Hemingway in "The Dangerous Summer."

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