This Lake Tahoe poster climbs the granite above Emerald Bay and looks down — Fannette Island alone in cobalt water, a turquoise cove at your feet, and the open lake glittering all the way to the far shore. An original vintage-style travel poster of Lake Tahoe, drawn as Lake Tahoe wall art for people who know the bay by name.
The design is drawn flat from a high vantage above Emerald Bay — Fannette Island centred in deep cobalt water, a turquoise cove narrowing between dark conifers in the foreground, sun-lit golden granite at the lower left, a pale sandy shoreline and pine ridges along the left, and beyond the bay the open lake glittering under layered blue-grey mountains. LAKE sits above a giant cream TAHOE, with CALIFORNIA and NEVADA printed beneath on either side of a small pine-tree glyph, all set in a bright cyan sky with thin high cloud. Worked in cobalt, turquoise, sky cyan, forest green, golden tan and cream inside a thin cream border. Printed to order on heavyweight matte art paper with a smooth, uncoated surface that keeps those hard colour edges crisp and readable from across the room. No glare, no plastic sheen, no photograph: just paper and ink.
- Paper: 189 g/m2 (10.3 mil) heavyweight matte art stock — substantial enough to hang unframed without curling
- Finish: uncoated matte — no glare under lamps, windows or gallery lighting
- Opacity: 94%, so a wall colour or a second sheet behind it never shows through
- Brightness: 104% ISO — a bright white base that keeps the flat colour blocks saturated
- Origin: paper milled in Japan; every poster is printed to order, never warehoused
Size chart
| Poster size | Art panel (centred) | Works well |
|---|---|---|
| 12"" × 18"" | 12 × 15 in | desk shelves, small nooks, gallery-wall filler |
| 18"" × 24"" | 18 × 22.5 in | bedrooms, home offices, above a console or sofa |
| 24"" × 36"" | 24 × 30 in | living rooms, stairwells, a single statement wall |
The illustration is a 4:5 panel centred on the sheet with an even margin above and below, so it sits well in an off-the-shelf frame with or without a mat. Ships rolled in a protective tube, unframed.
Quick answers
Which size should I order? The 18″ × 24″ is the safe default for most walls. Take the 12″ × 18″ for a desk, a shelf or as part of a gallery cluster, and the 24″ × 36″ when the poster is meant to be the focal point of the room.
Does it come framed? No — it ships rolled and unframed in a protective tube. All three sizes are standard US frame sizes, so a shop-bought frame fits without a custom mat. A ready-to-hang framed version of this design is listed separately.
Is this a reprint of an old travel poster? No. It is an original illustration drawn in the mid-century travel-poster tradition — flat colour, clean edges, bold lettering — and a new composition made for RaZits. It is not a scan of a historic print.
Is that island in Emerald Bay real? Yes — it is Fannette Island, the only island in Lake Tahoe, sitting in Emerald Bay on the lake's south-west shore in California. Emerald Bay is a California state park and a National Natural Landmark, and the lake itself straddles the California–Nevada line in the Sierra Nevada, which is why the poster names both states.
Emerald Bay from above — Tahoe's only island, drawn for the wall.
