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 1997. It was inspired by a poster first created in 1926. 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 theseRudolph Valentino was the original Latin lover. When he died in 1926, many women committed suicide! He achieved stardom in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” but it was the following year when “The Sheik” was released that he became a legend. The sequel to that film, “The Son of The Sheik” was probably Valentino%27s best film and was also his last.This poster is a magnificently rendered one-sheet that captures Valentino%27s raw sex appeal.Valentino died August 23, 1926 in New York at the age of 31. At the time of his death, he was engaged to marry the film star Pola Negri.This poster, although the artist is unknown, depicted a scene from the film, which captured the spirit of Valentino, who was the biggest male star of his day.”