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 1896.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. At the height of the cancan’s popularity, dancers formed groups which offered their services as a unit. Whether the troupe of Mlle Eglantine was the best of them we don’t know, but it is certainly the only one publicized by the best Toulouse-Lautrec did it at his request of his friend Jane Avril. From left to right, we see Jane Avril, Cleopatra, Eglantine and Gazelle. As with the Moulin Rouge poster, he lets the white of the petticoats, punctuated by stockinged legs, do most of the talking, but he also offhandedly gives each girl a distinct character. The poster was designed for the group’s London appearance at the Palais Theatre. Jane Avril, good friend to Lautrec at the last minute asked him to leave the name of the venue out of the design, hoping that it would be a success and travel to other theatres as well. Unfortunately, the Troupe was not well received and they went no further. But the cancan, which was usually performed at the time in a formation of four dancers, as shown here, continues to live in our imagination due to the lively, fresh and original composition of this poster.