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Theo Matejko, 1924
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 14% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA German placard of 1924 designed by Theo Matejko, whose loose reportorial line dominated German film advertising through the middle of the decade. By 1924 the German industry had settled into a house manner for its adventure and sensation pictures, and Matejko largely was that manner. Seeing him beside the Expressionist campaigns clarifies what was radical about them and what was simply the trade. The title is set to be read across a street at speed: one word, oversized, doing the entire job of identification. A whole picture compressed into a single spoken name.
- Maker
- Theo Matejko
- Date
- 1924
- Medium of the original
- One-sheet poster
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00730
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 14% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | 141 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | 97 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 14% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 65 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 14% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 39 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 32 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
- 1,171 x 1,700 px, srgb, sRGB
- Tone
- Darks 33, lights 234 of 255; 0.1% clipped light, 0.5% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 4.44
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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