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, 1954, Pablo Picasso leans over a wooden barrier to congratulate matador Pepe Luis Marca. Dressed in an ornate “traje de luces,” Marca accepts the handshake while holding a decorative ceramic plate awarded to him by the artist. To the left, French bullfighter Pierrette Le Bourdiec looks on. Among the spectators in the crowded stands are Michel Leiris, Claude Picasso, Vallauris mayor Paul Derigon, 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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