BOLLYWOOD BEAUTY - VINTAGE HAND-COLOURED PORTRAIT PRINTMEDIUM: HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPH OR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTCIRCA: 1940s-50sDIMENSIONS: APPROX. 6 X 9.5 INCHESCONDITION: EXCELLENT; MINOR AGE WEAR, STRIKING COLOUR PRESERVATION. DESCRIPTION: THIS STUNNING VINTAGE PORTRAIT FEATURES A CLASSIC DEPICTION OF A WOMAN FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF INDIAN CINEMA OR PRINT MEDIA, CAPTURED IN A STRIKINGLY POISED AND MODEST POSE. DRAPED IN A WHITE, SEMI-TRANSPARENT DUPATTA OVER A RICH MAROON AND GOLD COSTUME, HER DELICATE FEATURES, RED LIPS, AND EXPRESSIVE EYES REFLECT THE AESTHETIC IDEALS OF MID-20TH CENTURY INDIA.

THE IMAGE IS CHARACTERIZED BY FINE DETAILING AND HAND-COLOURED ENHANCEMENTS THAT ADD DEPTH AND REALISM TO HER COMPLEXION AND GARMENTS. LIKELY USED IN PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS OR AS A COLLECTIBLE POSTER, THIS WORK SPEAKS TO THE ERA-S FASCINATION WITH FEMININE GRACE AND CELEBRITY IDEALISM AND STANDS AS AN ICONIC REPRESENTATION OF NOSTALGIC POPULAR CULTURE.

SUITABLE FOR COLLECTORS OF VINTAGE BOLLYWOOD MEMORABILIA, PHOTOGRAPHIC ART, OR MID-CENTURY INDIAN POPULAR VISUAL CULTURE.