Limone's lemon houses are among the northernmost citrus groves in Europe, so the lemons come first here — five of them, bigger than the houses, hanging in from the top-right corner with the pastel waterfront tucked in beside them. An original vintage-style travel poster of Limone sul Garda seen from out on the water, the terraced town pressed against a sheer limestone cliff, a small motorboat crossing the cobalt lake and a snow-dusted peak far off to the left. A piece of Italy wall art with the colour turned all the way up.
The design is drawn flat and viewed from out on the water — the deep cobalt lake in the foreground with a small white-and-red motorboat lower left, the pastel terraced town of terracotta, coral, ochre and cream facades with green shutters, cafe parasols and pink blooms along the promenade climbing a green promontory, and behind it a sheer grey-lavender limestone cliff with a few cypresses and a snow-capped peak on the far left under a bright blue sky with a few small white clouds. A branch of five oversized lemon-yellow lemons with dark glossy leaves hangs down the right side from the top edge to just below the waterline, overlapping the town. The lettering sits in the upper-left sky, LIMONE in pale cream condensed capitals above SUL GARDA in navy between two short yellow rules, and LAGO DI GARDA • ITALIA beneath in smaller navy capitals. The palette is cobalt blue, lemon yellow, terracotta, cream, leaf green and lavender grey. 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
| Framed size | Art panel | Works well |
|---|---|---|
| 14" × 14" framed | 14 × 14 in | desk nooks, hallways, gallery walls, small spaces, gifting |
| 16" × 16" framed | 16 × 16 in (fills the frame) | above a sofa, a bed head or a console |
| 18" × 18" framed | 18 × 18 in | above a sofa, bed, or console, living rooms, statement walls |
The illustration is a square panel centred on the sheet with a clean 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 14″ × 14″ is the safe default for most walls. Take the 16″ × 16″ for a desk, a shelf or as part of a gallery cluster, and the 18″ × 18″ 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.
Are the lemons on the poster a real thing in Limone sul Garda? Yes. Limone sul Garda sits on the western shore of Lake Garda in Lombardy and has grown lemons in terraced stone-pillared lemon houses, the limonaie, since at least the 18th century — among the northernmost citrus groves in Europe. The town was reachable only by boat or mountain path until the lakeside road opened in the 1930s, which is why it still reads as a village pinned between the cliff and the water.
Lake Garda, with the lemons still on the branch.
