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Its blue is Prussian blue — a synthetic pigment newly imported into Japan in the 1830s, which the Art Institute's own record credits for the series' impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHonest scale\u003c\/strong\u003e — our 14 × 11″ canvas prints it at effectively true size. The 32 × 24″ shows it the way posters do — 2× the original.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerified story\u003c\/strong\u003e — the pigment and print-run history, sourced at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Met.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSource recorded\u003c\/strong\u003e — the museum's open-access scan (477 DPI at true size) on matte canvas. 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And in 1889 he re-stretched the finished canvas to add a painted border of red, orange and blue dots. The original is enormous: over 2 × 3 metres, built from roughly two years of work and dozens of studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHonest scale\u003c\/strong\u003e — the original is 207.5 × 308.1 cm (6¾ × 10 ft). Every size we offer is a Room Edition; our largest, 48 × 32″, is about one-third of true size.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerified story\u003c\/strong\u003e — the zinc-yellow degradation, published conservation research with the Art Institute of Chicago.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSource recorded\u003c\/strong\u003e — the museum's open-access master scan (259 DPI) on matte canvas. 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The seam is still there, documented in the Art Institute of Chicago's conservation record. What you're looking at is a painting that was dismembered and made whole again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHonest scale\u003c\/strong\u003e — the original is 123 × 141 cm (about 4 × 4½ ft). Our 36 × 24″ canvas is roughly 65% of true size; 48 × 32″ comes closer at 85%.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerified story\u003c\/strong\u003e — the cut-and-reattachment history, sourced at the Art Institute of Chicago.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSource recorded\u003c\/strong\u003e — the museum's open-access master scan (216 DPI) on matte canvas. 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