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 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 these.Considered the high point of German Expressionist cinema,” “Metropolis” was inspired by a visit to New York City in 1924 by Director Fritz Lang.Written by Lang and his wife, Thea von Harbou, it is a vision of technology as master. Lang framed his story of the fight for individual freedom against an overpowering and amoral cityscape of subterranean factories, skyscrapers, and ever-present hordes of blank-faced workers.The film’s most memorable scenes involve Rudolf Klein-Rogge’s mad scientist, Rotwang, and his robotic creation, “the false Maria.”The movie was described as “a mighty, surging love-drama of the two worlds that work out their turbulent destinies within the confines of a great, imaginative city. The rich live in towering skyscrapers hundreds of stories high. The poor live In squalid caves underground. When a millionaire’s son falls in love with a beautiful cave girl, a typhoon of riotous emotions is set loose which climaxes with a devastating flood that destroys the metropolis.”The year 1927 belonged to the sci-fi masterpiece “Metropolis,” the Fritz Lang/Thea von Harbou vision of the world one hundred years in the future, with its magnificent architecture, monumental machinery, ravishing robotrix, fabulous special effects, and brilliant mad scientist, Rotwang.”