The Museum Keeper
Unknown, 1930
$270
Print check at 18 x 24 in: 164 dpi, good. Trimmed 9.8% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Poster for a 1930 Soviet feature, printed at the close of the montage era. By 1930 the poster shops were pushing constructivist assembly to its late, dense limit. A crowded field of forms fills nearly the whole sheet edge to edge. Late montage at full density
- Maker
- Unknown
- Date
- 1930
- Medium of the original
- Poster
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00693
| Picture | 18 x 24 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 19.6 x 25.6 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | 394 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.8% |
| 11 x 14 in | 281 | Excellent | Trimmed 5.5% |
| 12 x 16 in | 246 | Excellent | Trimmed 9.8% |
| 16 x 20 in | 197 | Good | Trimmed 3.8% |
| 18 x 24 in | 164 | Good | Trimmed 9.8% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 131 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 98 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 82 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 3,280 x 3,944 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 31, lights 222 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 60.25
- Notes
- Neutrals lean toward green: the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
Shipping for this piece to a US address is $25.90, the print room’s own rate, charged per piece. Checkout shows the total before you pay.
Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.
A piece that arrives damaged, misprinted or in the wrong size is replaced at our cost. The details: shipping and returns and replacements.
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