Lying Cat
Julius Adam, 1905
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 32% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyOne grey cat at full recline, signed and dated 1905. Adam painting a single adult cat, no kittens, no jokes — pure observation.
- Maker
- Julius Adam
- Date
- 1905
- 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-01847
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 32% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 31% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 32% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 32% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,920 x 1,043 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 44, lights 202 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 2.07
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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