Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
Unknown, 1924
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 10% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe 1924 UFA German release poster for Paul Leni's Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (Waxworks). Leni's anthology of a fairground wax cabinet is a jewel of Expressionist set design and a bridge to his later Hollywood horror. Notice how the framing curls inward like the fairground booth that holds the figures. Nightmares kept behind glass.
- Maker
- Unknown
- Date
- 1924
- Medium of the original
- One-sheet poster
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00679
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 |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | 141 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 11 x 14 in | 111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 16 in | 101 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | 94 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 67 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 56 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,222 x 1,698 px, srgb, sRGB
- Tone
- Darks 23, lights 241 of 255; 0.9% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 1.89
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