Vintage photograph of Auguste and Louis Lumière in their laboratory, taken in 1929 and struck circa 1940s

by Louis Lumière Auguste Lumière, subjects

$275 · Offered by Royal Books

N.p. N.p., Circa 1940s. Vintage borderless photograph of French inventors Auguste and Louis Lumière in their laboratory, taken in 1929, struck circa 1940s. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. The Lumière brothers are today considered the forefathers of the modern cinema, having invented the cinématographe motion picture system and held the first public screening in 1895. 9.5 x

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