Bullfight put on in Picasso's honor (80th birthday). Luis Miguel Dominguin. The Bullfighters Dominguin and Domingo Ortega killed a bull but this was forbidden in France. Picasso paid the fine of 5000 Francs. Vallauris 29 Oct 1961. A bullfight Picasso attended (see "Picasso").

The matador Luis Miguel Dominguin, dressed in a dark suit of lights, assumes a dynamic, crouched stance before a large bull in the Vallauris arena. This controversial bullfight was held on 29 October 1961 to honor Pablo Picasso's 80th birthday. During the event, Dominguin and Domingo Ortega killed a bull, an act forbidden in France. Picasso, who was in attendance among the dense, focused crowd, paid the subsequent 5,000 Franc fine.

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