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La Chute de la maison Usher

Name: La Chute de la maison Usher
Brand: The Picture Palace
SKU: PA-00712

Unknown, 1928

The Picture PalacePA-00712Tear sheet

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 11% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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The 1928 affiche for Jean Epstein's dreamlike adaptation of Poe. Its slow-motion decay and superimpositions made it a touchstone of cinematic impressionism. The gothic mood and spectral typography evoking the film's collapsing manor. The doomed house sinks

Maker: Unknown
Date: 1928
Medium of the original: Poster
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00712

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.

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Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
8 x 12 in	141 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
11 x 14 in	109 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	100 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 11% 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 11% 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