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At the Races

Name: At the Races
Brand: The Paddock
SKU: PA-00083

Edgar Degas, oil on canvas, c.1877

The PaddockPA-00083Tear sheet

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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Horses fidget at the rail while the crowd behind them looks at everything except the running. Degas treated the racecourse as a piece of society on display, the horses one attraction competing with several others for the same eyes. how many figures in the crowd have turned their backs to the rail entirely. The horses are the excuse, not the point.

Maker: Edgar Degas, oil on canvas
Date: c.1877
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Private collection
Credit: Private collection
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00083

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 withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
14 x 11 in	51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	46 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
20 x 16 in	35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
24 x 18 in	31 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
30 x 24 in	23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
40 x 30 in	18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	15 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop