A black cat with a red halo announces the touring cabaret of Montmartre's Chat Noir, staring down all of Paris. The single most reproduced cat image in art history, and still the definitive poster of the Belle Époque.

Maker: Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
Date: 1896
Medium of the original: Color lithograph
Original held by: Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers
Credit: Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01879

As chosen: 12 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	12 x 18 in
Outside size	13.6 x 19.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

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 offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 12 in	285	Excellent	Trimmed 7.2%
11 x 14 in	223	Excellent	Trimmed 8.5%
12 x 16 in	205	Excellent	Trimmed 4.2%
12 x 18 in	190	Good	Trimmed 7.2%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
16 x 24 in	142 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	136 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	114 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
24 x 36 in	95 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	82 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	57 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 2,462 x 3,426 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 9, lights 215 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 1.97