Sunflowers
Vincent van Gogh (1853 to 1890), August 1888
$270
Print check at 18 x 24 in: 250 dpi, excellent. Trimmed 4.6% 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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Van Gogh painted the sunflowers to decorate a bedroom for Gauguin, who was coming to live with him in Arles — an act of hope from a man with little reason for it. He set himself the hardest possible problem: yellow flowers, in a yellow vase, against a yellow wall, holding it all apart by the sheer force of touch. Some blooms are fresh and heavy-headed, others already gone to seed and bristling, so the canvas holds the full arc of a life in one vase. He worked fast, in the heat, chasing the light before the flowers wilted. The most generous painting ever made about a colour.
- Maker
- Vincent van Gogh (1853 to 1890)
- Date
- August 1888
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- The National Gallery, London
- Credit
- The National Gallery, London · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00608
| 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 | 589 | Excellent | Trimmed 1.7% |
| 11 x 14 in | 428 | Excellent | Trimmed 0.1% |
| 12 x 16 in | 375 | Excellent | Trimmed 4.6% |
| 16 x 20 in | 294 | Excellent | Trimmed 1.7% |
| 18 x 24 in | 250 | Excellent | Trimmed 4.6% |
| 24 x 30 in | 196 | Good | Trimmed 1.7% |
| 30 x 40 in | 150 | Good | Trimmed 4.6% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | 125 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 4,719 x 6,000 px, srgb, c2
- Tone
- Darks 96, lights 211 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 118.87
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