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White Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, Abbott Handerson Thayer, ca. 1905-1909, oil on wood

White Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849–1921)

Date
ca. 1905-1909
Medium
oil on wood
Size
10 × 9¼ in (25.6 × 23.8 cm)
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1950.2.6. See the museum’s record
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer

Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0).

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Print
22¼ × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
White Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom: a 22¼ × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
22¼ × 24 in portrait print (57 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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No standard paper matches this painting’s proportions closely, so print it whole with a white border, or trim the edges to fill the paper.

Paper Filling the paper Printed whole Frame Frame with a 2 in mat Frame with a 3 in mat Sharpness
8 × 10 in trims 14 % 8 × 8½ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 348 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in trims 7 % 11¼ × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 249 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 16 in trims 7 % 15 × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 187 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 14 % 16 × 17¼ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 174 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in trims 7 % 18½ × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 149 dpi, soft up close
24 × 24 in trims 7 % 22¼ × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 125 dpi, soft up close

Sharpness is worked out from the largest file the museum offers. Above 300 dpi a print holds up at arm’s length; 150 dpi is plenty for a picture seen from across a sofa.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0). You may print, share, change and sell it without asking. Read what that means on our image license page, and how to get a good result in how to print a public-domain painting.

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