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Published 2012
The cherries of Céret, in the Pyrenees close to the border with Spain, are the earliest in France. The mountain village celebrates their arrival in early May with a festival, when the streets are mounded with cherries for sale. With its shady streets and cafés, it was a favourite with Picasso and many other twentieth-century artists. Picasso brought his friend Braque here not long before the First World War. They amused each other by dressing as musicians, which gave them a subject for extr