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 1894. 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 following is from Best Works of Aubrey Beardsley” a Dover book describing Aubrey Beardsley, (1872-1898). “The purity of his use of black and white – sharp clean line and pure black or white masses with no modeling or shading – was completely original in the illustration of his day; and the freedom and originality with which he associated one theme or motif with another in his compositions is considered remarkable even today.”He received his first commission as an illustrator in 1893, when still only 20 years old. He was commissioned to illustrate Oscar Wilde’s Salome in 1893 and in 1894 was appointed Art Editor and Chief Illustrator for The Yellow Book, a new arts magazine in 1895. He was appointed Editor of The Savoy, an arts magazine and illustrated numerous books. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 25.”