Pablo Picasso playing with his son Claude| Robert Capa 1948

While Robert Capa is best known for his war photographs, his portrait of Picasso with his son Claude is an important example of the artist's lighter and rather truer side. Capa had a lively social life, surrounding himself with a circle of talented and famous friends, including Picasso. He spent several days photographing the Picasso, his young wife Gilot and their one-year-old son Claude in August 1948, while on assignment in the south of France for the British magazine Illustrated.