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 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. The Chat Noir” in it’s heyday was a bustling club, part artist salon and part music hall in the Montmartre district of Paris. The owner of the Cabaret, Rodolphie Solis, was an early supporter of Steinlen. The direct stare of the Cat is meant to convey the characteristics of the true Parisian cat as well as the people who frequented the Cabaret.Steinlen was born in 1859 and is an important figure for the color revolution – not only for developing an audience for color printing in general, but also for producing some of the strongest color lithographic posters and prints of the period. He died in 1941.”