This is a fine art lithograph. It’s an original work of fine art which was produced at the prestigious S2 Atelier in New York City in 1998. It was inspired by a poster first created in 1918.These fine art lithographs are recreations of the original. Great care was taken to precisely re-create the artists original image. Most of the chromists hand draw directly onto specially prepared surfaces that are then transferred onto lithographic plates. Lithography involves creating hand drawn plates, one for each color, which are then ‘pulled’ through antique printing presses one color at a time. The resulting lithograph is in pure color, as opposed to the dot structure which occurs in the photographic process of modern printing. At the heart of the S2 Atelier are it’s two rare, French made Marinoni Voirin ‘editioning’ printing presses ‘ they both date back to the mid 19th century. These are the best fine art lithographs made in the industry today. You cannot find anything better than these. If a poll were taken to determine the single most influential individual in the entire history of the cinema, there would be no doubt who would receive the greatest number of votes. It would have to be Charlie Chaplin, who started making films in 1914 (prior to the filming of The Birth of a Nation”), and swiftly became the single most popular performer. This was a time when performers such as Chaplin could make dozens of films in a single year. His popularity became so great that virtually every theater included one of his films on their programs.Chaplin has a vision of bigger and more elaborate films. He kept switching studios, gaining more and more control over the making of his films. After he made the multiple-reel film “A Dog’s Life,” he forever left short films behind. “A Dog’s Life,” which was made by First National, paid Chaplin one million dollars to produce each film – an astounding amount in 1918. This film made Coogan a star.In one of his first films, Chaplin improvised a character, The Tramp, who came to star in more and more of Chaplin’s films, and has become indelibly linked with Chaplin. Chaplin performed as The Tramp in all of his silent feature films.”