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Les Vampires

Name: Les Vampires
Brand: The Picture Palace
SKU: PA-00707

Francisco Tamagno, 1915

The Picture PalacePA-00707Tear sheet

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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.

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Francisco Tamagno's poster for Louis Feuillade's Gaumont crime serial. The serial's masked underworld set the template for a century of pulp and surrealist fascination. Tamagno's theatrical figure work and the batlike silhouette looming over the title. Masked crime rules the night

Maker: Francisco Tamagno
Date: 1915
Medium of the original: Poster
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00707

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How the print check works

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
8 x 12 in	95 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
11 x 14 in	74 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	63 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
16 x 24 in	47 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	38 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
24 x 36 in	31 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	22 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	19 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged