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").

Matador Antonio Ordóñez, dressed in an ornate, light-gold *traje de luces*, holds his red *muleta* before a bull during the Corrida des vendanges in Arles, 1959. A leading figure of the 1950s, Ordóñez was the last surviving matador from the duel chronicled by Ernest Hemingway in “The Dangerous Summer.” Pablo Picasso was among the spectators watching the tense moment unfold from the tiered stands.

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