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 1905. 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.Although the artist is unknown, this poster was created to achieve a completely different look from the Art Nouveau posters of the time. The exaggerated, but simple, clean lines, with no ornamentation, was a simplification of the composition of that era. The artist used a minimum of simplification of the composition of that era. The artist used a minimum of detail and selected or created type that would accentuate the strong, lean look of the elegant model.