Horace Pippin Cabin in the Cotton, c. 1931–37
Landscape
Thaddeus Welch (1844–1919)
- Date
- 1902
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 20 × 36¼ in (50.8 × 91.8 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1980.50. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Charlene Baumert Kell
Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #D6C5A3, 25 % of the picture, closest to Sand walls
- #F0DFC5, 21 % of the picture, closest to Cream walls
- #6B5927, 19 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #B9AA70, 18 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #978244, 17 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 22 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 54¼ in (138 cm) from the floor
- Above the sofa
- 8 in (20 cm) from the sofa to the frame
- Ideal width
- 56 to 63 in over an 84 in sofa
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the sofa, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
Try it on your wall color
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Print it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 22.5 % | 4 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 418 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 26.2 % | 9 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 183 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 26.2 % | 13¼ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 122 dpi, soft up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 17 % | 16½ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 98 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 17 % | 20 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 82 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 26.2 % | 22 × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 73 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 305 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 459 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Print file 2,000 × 1,089 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Original file 3,000 × 1,633 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The museum’s record of this painting Smithsonian American Art Museum
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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