Help with making a large print - 60 x 36 - will my photo work?

Question

I would like to make a very large print of a photo I have taken, of about 60 inches wide, and about 36 inches high (though the actual aspect ratio of the cropped file would imply a 34 in height).

The size of the image is 4858x2733 pixels. Is it possible to make a print of that size and have it look okay without additional post processing? What's the largest print I could comfortably make without printing on canvas?

Thanks so much, Tom

see: is there a general formula for image size vs print size — MikeW, Dec 04 '16 at 23:32
The comments to the answer to this question are very relevant to the question here: http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/16626/what-resolution-would-be-needed-for-a-billboard-advertisement/16627#16627 — Michael C, Dec 06 '16 at 03:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '16 at 01:33

For close viewing (but not fine art quality), ~300 dpi suffice, which would give a maximum size ~16 x 10 in. For a poster to be viewed from a distance, though, coarse pixelization may be acceptable. It was to the Pointillists... and Roy Lichtenstein took it to the digital extreme.

Help with making a large print - 60 x 36 - will my photo work?

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