Original artwork
Parks Exhibition
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Original artwork · fixed palette
Original artwork
A freighter's black smoke smears across a yellow sky, carrying its own warning, while a submarine cuts the water below. Wartime graphic design at its most cinematic.
This is an original piece printed in its own fixed palette, so there are no color options.
Format
Frame color(classic moulded)
Black frame
Size
$119
Free delivery to the United States
Arrives in about 6 to 12 business days.
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If a print arrives damaged or faulty, we will replace or refund it. See Returns.
Made for you when you order, printed in our studio.
The smoke itself carries the message, four words rolling out of the freighter's stack in pale letters while a submarine's wake cuts through the swell in the foreground. Don't invite disaster, the red line below adds. WPA artists screen printed it in 1940 for the Thirteenth Naval District of the United States Navy, warning crews that a smoking funnel could be seen for miles; within two years the threat was real on both coasts. The Library of Congress holds it in the WPA Poster Collection, now in the public domain. Its yellow, black, and sea blue read as strongly as any modern graphic, and it suits an office, garage, or hallway with an industrial lean. Printed to order at gallery scale in its own fixed palette.
Printed on 200 gsm enhanced matte art paper using archival pigment inks (giclée process). Framed prints use a classic molded gallery frame in your chosen color finish; the glazing is shatter-resistant acrylic. Made to order for you, in your colors.
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Pick the colors that suit your space. Use the color studio to find a harmonious, readable pair, or start from one of our curated colorways. On word prints, the words and typeface are yours to set too.
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Your personalized artwork is printed on museum-grade matte paper using archival pigment inks in our print studio, made to your exact colors.
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Your print is packaged flat and shipped directly to you. Framed prints arrive ready to hang; canvas prints ship rolled in a protective tube.