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In the Waves (Dans les Vagues), Paul Gauguin, 1889, oil on canvas

In the Waves (Dans les Vagues)

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

Date
1889
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
36½ × 28½ in (92.5 × 72.4 cm)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1978.63. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Powell Jones

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

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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 4.2 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
In the Waves (Dans les Vagues): an 18 × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Standard paper sizes that keep this painting’s proportions, the frames that fit them, and how sharp each one prints.

Paper Filling the paper Printed whole Frame Frame with a 2 in mat Frame with a 3 in mat Sharpness
8 × 10 in trims 2.1 % 7¾ × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 1442 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 0.3 % 11 × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 1049 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 4.2 % 12 × 15¼ in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 926 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 2.1 % 15¾ × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 721 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 4.2 % 18 × 23 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 617 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 4.2 % 30 × 38¼ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 370 dpi, crisp up close
36 × 48 in trims 4.2 % 36 × 46 in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 308 dpi, crisp 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 Cleveland Museum of Art (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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