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Smoking Stacks
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.
Format
Frame colour(classic moulded)
Black frame
Size
£46
Printed and shipped in the United Kingdom, near you. No customs, no import duty. Delivery calculated at checkout.
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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.
About this print
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.
Materials and sizes
Printed on 200 gsm enhanced matte art paper using archival pigment inks (giclée process). Framed prints use a classic moulded gallery frame in your chosen colour finish; the glazing is shatter-resistant acrylic. Made to order for you, in your colours.
- A48.3×11.7"
- A311.7×16.5"
- A216.5×23.4"
- A123.4×33.1"
