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 1999. It was inspired by a poster first created in 1903.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. During the past decade, the alluring art of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) has gained a renewed and wide popularity; his decorative style, jewel-like colors and sensuous line seduce the modern viewer much as they did his contemporaries in turn-of-the-century Vienna. Klimt’s artistic achievement and his role in the evolution of 20th century have made him, with Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, one of Austria’s three greatest modern artists.Behind the dazzling fa’ade of Klimt’s art lay a passionate commitment not only to the progress of painting, but to its relevance for society. In 1897, Klimt founded the revolutionary Secessionist group in 1897, which sought an interaction of all the arts with life. As one of their manifestos stated, We recognize no distinctions between High Art and Minor Art or between art for the rich and art for the poor. Art is common property.””