Pierrot Absinthe Vintage Poster Fine Art Lithograph Hand Lucien Metivet S2

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Pierrot Absinthe Vintage Poster Fine Art Lithograph Hand Lucien Metivet S2:
$299.00

Pierrot Absinthe Vintage Poster Fine Art Lithograph Hand Lucien Metivet S2 Pierrot Absinthe Vintage Poster Fine Art Lithograph Hand Lucien Metivet S2 Description

Condition: Mint, unused, never framed or hung

This is a fine art lithograph of the original advertising poster by Lucien Metivet, titled: Pierrot Absinthe.

One of the most prominent illustrators of the 19th century, Lucien Marie François Métivet originally created the vintage poster in 1911.

This lithograph of the original poster was re-created, in 1999, as a fine art lithograph on a rare antique 19th century hand-pulled printing press. This is the same printing press that was used to create the vintage posters over 100 years ago. There are only 5 of these antique presses in existence, today.

Hand drawn plates are made, one for each colour, and then the plates are hand pulled through the vintage press one colour at a time. This is the exact same method that was used to create the beautiful vintage advertising posters of the past.

The result is vibrant rich colours and crisp clean lines. This is a true work of art.

Specifications:

Original artist: Lucien Metivet
Title: Pierrot Absinthe
Date: 1911
Media Type: Poster
Medium: colour lithograph
Print method: hand drawn plates are hand pulled, one colour a time, in perfect registration on an antique German Dufa printing press. This is a labor intensive technique as each lithograph is created with hand-mixed colours that is applied one at a time by a highly trained and synchronized team, who must hand feed each museum quality sheet of paper through the press numerous times (one colour at a time, one pull at a time for each colour) to set the colours and impressions. The chromist (trained colour specialist) adjusts each colour by look and feel to perfectly match the original artwork. The result is an image with maximum pigment saturation due to the rich layers of colour which saturate the artwork with brilliance.
Year: 1999
Size: 34\" x 27\" (image size)
Publisher/Printer: S2 Art Group Ltd
Certificate of Authenticity: S2
Hand Numbered: individually, sequentially
Condition: Mint
Packaging: Ships in a museum quality tube