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Auction 44 25 Jun 2021
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Medals by Subject, Photography and Cinematography: France, la Société Lumière and Lumière & Jougla, a pair of silvered-bronze plaquettes, in the Art Nouveau style, unsigned, c. 1910-1911, three loosely robed figures, a man and two girls, admire a photographic image, OFFERT PAR LA SOCIÉTÉ LUMIÈRE and altered on the second, OFFERT PAR LES ETABLISSEMENTS LUMIÈRE & JOUGLA REUNIS, revs. an olive spray, 64 x 52.5mm., almost extremely fine and an interesting link (2)
*ex Baldwin's vault.
Antoine Lumière had opened a small factory in Lyon in 1882 though his company, la Société Antoine Lumière et ses fils was established in 1882 – his sons being Auguste and Louis Lumière, all of whom are linked to the first moving pictures - cinema. On 2 April 1911 they merged their company with the brothers Joseph and Zacherie Jougla and became the Union Photographique des Ets Lumière et Jougla. The company ceased trading in 1966.
*ex Baldwin's vault.
Antoine Lumière had opened a small factory in Lyon in 1882 though his company, la Société Antoine Lumière et ses fils was established in 1882 – his sons being Auguste and Louis Lumière, all of whom are linked to the first moving pictures - cinema. On 2 April 1911 they merged their company with the brothers Joseph and Zacherie Jougla and became the Union Photographique des Ets Lumière et Jougla. The company ceased trading in 1966.