Steinlen’s poster advertising a touring revue from the Chat Noir cabaret, the black cat arched and staring straight out at the street. The Chat Noir was Montmartre’s own cultural engine, and Steinlen’s cat became one of the most recognized images to come out of it — advertising art indistinguishable from fine art. The cat’s eyes are the whole composition’s center of gravity — everything else is texture around that stare. A mascot that outlived the cabaret it advertised.

Maker: Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Date: 1896
Medium of the original: One-sheet poster
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00864

As chosen: 16 x 24 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	16 x 24 in
Outside size	17.6 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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 12 in	322	Excellent	Trimmed 3.3%
12 x 18 in	214	Excellent	Trimmed 3.3%
16 x 24 in	161	Good	Trimmed 3.3%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
20 x 30 in	128 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
24 x 36 in	107 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
40 x 60 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 2,579 x 4,000 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 59, lights 182 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 15.41