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 1901.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. The Secession was a movement started by a group of Viennese artists in 1987 who were dissatisfied with the policies of their art association. Most young adherents to art nouveau (which in German speaking countries was called Jugendstil), wanted more cross-pollination with foreign art trends. When they were rebuffed, their spokesman Gustav Klimt formed a splinter art group calling itself The Secession. T.T. Heine, 1867-1948, created this poster for the third exhibition of the Berlin branch of the movement.