His Station and Four Aces
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, 1903
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 17% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyOn a night train, the conductor calls a player's stop at the exact moment he is dealt four aces. The cruelest comedy in the calendar series — Coolidge's dogs suffer fates his human buyers knew by heart.
- Maker
- Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
- Date
- 1903
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Private collection
- Credit
- Private collection · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01810
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.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | 43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | 29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | 17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 14 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | 8 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 523 x 349 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 15, lights 216 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 59.96
- Notes
- Neutrals lean toward magenta: the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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