Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah

Thomas Moran (American, 1837–1926)

Date: 1892
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 44¼ × 38½ in (112.7 × 97.5 cm)
Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1942.11.10. See the museum’s record
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Bessie B. Croffut

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

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Where Print size

Print: 18 × 20¾ in, the whole painting on 18 × 24 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

18 × 20¾ in portrait print (46 × 53 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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
8 × 10 in	trims 7.5 %	8 × 9¼ in	8 × 10 in ready-made	12 × 14 in custom	14 × 16 in custom	324 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in	trims 9.2 %	11 × 12¾ in	11 × 14 in ready-made	15 × 18 in custom	17 × 20 in custom	235 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in	trims 13.3 %	12 × 14 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	215 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in	trims 7.5 %	16 × 18½ in	16 × 20 in ready-made	20 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 26 in custom	162 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in	trims 13.3 %	18 × 20¾ in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	144 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in	trims 13.3 %	30 × 34¾ in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	86 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).

Thumbnail (WebP) 484 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 728 × 843 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
Print file 1,728 × 2,000 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
Original file 2,592 × 3,000 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.