Cartier-Bresson photographed this small group of riverside picnickers in Juvisy, a spot just 15 minutes from Paris by train and popular with workers taking advantage of the leftist government’s newly mandated two weeks of paid vacation. Cartier-Bresson captured this image on assignment for Regards magazine, which published several features during the summer of 1938 celebrating the accessibility of leisure to the working class. While Cartier-Bresson’s picture echoes painted scenes of bourgeois leisure of the late 19th century, it demonstrates how photography quickly supplanted other mediums as the most prolific in depicting leisure culture and modern life in the 20th century. It has been compared to paintings by Degas and Seurat, and particularly to Gustave Caillebotte's Paris Street, Rainy Day (1877; Art Institute of Chicago).

Taken in 1935, this superb photograph looks like a rich platinum print with warm tones and a fantastic tonal range.

A genuine vintage photogravure, printed in Paris in 1963. Archivally mounted on 100% acid-free board and in a black 8"x10" wooden frame.