Van Gogh painted this in his first week at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, working in the walled garden, calling the work a lightning rod for his illness. There is no sign of distress in it — only a crowded, jostling bed of irises seen close and low, every blade and petal given its own contour, the blues cooled against orange earth and a bank of marigolds behind. One white iris stands apart at the left, alone among the blue, and once you have seen it you cannot unsee it. Japanese prints taught him this flattened, decorative crowding. Grief and beauty, growing in the same bed.

Maker: Vincent van Gogh (1853 to 1890)
Date: May 1889
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00609

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 18 in
Outside size	25.6 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
10 x 8 in	1100	Excellent	Trimmed 4.5%
14 x 11 in	800	Excellent	Trimmed 2.7%
16 x 12 in	719	Excellent	Trimmed 1.9%
20 x 16 in	550	Excellent	Trimmed 4.5%
24 x 18 in	479	Excellent	Trimmed 1.9%
30 x 24 in	366	Excellent	Trimmed 4.5%
40 x 30 in	287	Excellent	Trimmed 1.9%
48 x 36 in	239	Excellent	Trimmed 1.9%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 11,516 x 8,801 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 55, lights 172 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 65.31