The Black Sea

Ivan Aivazovsky, 1881

The RegattaPA-02055Tear sheet

$90

Type
Frame

Satin-laminated wood, 20 mm face, 22 mm deep, acrylic glazing.

Frame colour: Black

Every colour is the same price.

PrintingStandard Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm

Print check at 12 x 8 in: 170 dpi, good. Trimmed 6% to the shape of the print.

Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Subtotal$90

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Sea, sky, one sliver of sail at the horizon — Aivazovsky with everything unnecessary removed. Late Aivazovsky at his most austere; Kramskoy called it one of the greatest pictures of water ever made.

Maker
Ivan Aivazovsky
Date
1881
Medium of the original
Oil on canvas
Original held by
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Credit
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights
Public domain, verified
Catalogue number
PA-02055
As chosen: 12 x 8 in, art print, classic frame
Picture12 x 8 in
Outside size13.6 x 9.6 in
Depth0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
MaterialEnhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made inCharlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
SizedpiGradeHow it fits
12 x 8 in170GoodTrimmed 6%
Sizes withheld
SizeWhy
10 x 8 inWrong shape: a 11% crop
14 x 11 in132 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in121 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in113 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 inWrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 16 in85 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 inWrong shape: a 11% crop
36 x 24 in56 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
Scanned
2026-10-07
Master file
2,048 x 1,453 px, srgb, c2
Tone
Darks 53, lights 187 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour
0% vivid
Sharpness
0.96
Notes
  • Neutrals lean cool (blue): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned

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