Lumiere

No, not the charismatic and rebellious candlestick from Disney’s animated film Beauty and the Beast, Lumière (which translates as "light") was a progressive photographic film company of the 1930’s that developed and patented the Autochrome Lumière color plate process in 1903.  Here they are highlighting their highly praised colour processing featuring a colourful print of a young girl with the suggestion “French film for all weathers”

Condition: A-

Artist: Jean-Adrien Mercier

Year: c. 1932

Dimensions: W 56cm x H 82cm