Robert Capa (1913-1954)
Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, Golfe-Juan, 1948
with copyright credit stamps Life photo by Robert Capa
gelatin silver print
31 x 15.2cm (12 3/16 x 6in).
Footnotes:
Literature
Robert Capa Photographs, Aperture, 1996, front cover and p. 150.

In the above image, taken in 1948 by renowned photographer and friend of Picasso, Robert Capa, the artist and his then-lover Françoise Gilot walk carefree along a beach in Golfe Juan, a seaside resort on Côte d'Azur.

Capa spent a lot of time with the couple and their two children while on an assignment in France. The tender portraits of the family that Capa captured over this period show a side of Picasso that we seldom see, an intimate and attentive family man. Gilot, whose impassioned but tempestuous relationship with Picasso lasted 10 years, said of the photographs of this time 'Capa was a friend, so it was not formal at all.'
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In addition to the catalogue entry:

- a horizontal crease (4cm.) to the upper left margin and a further semi-circular crease to the lower left corner; with a few associated short creases
- with a short crease to the tip of all four corners
- with three tiny indents to the upper and lower extreme sheet edges
- minor traces of surface dirt at the left and right sheet edges
- blue crayon and credit stamps verso
- the work taped to backing board with double-sided tape in several places along sheet edges verso

Otherwise as described in the catalogue and in overall good condition.