Lake House Wall Art – Lake Titicaca Framed Travel Print

Lake Titicaca. The Highest Navigable Lake in the World. This lake house wall art is an original Lake Titicaca print, framed in black wood for anyone who has made the crossing to Puno or Copacabana. It's an original RaZits illustration, ready to hang the day it arrives — a fitting gift for Peru and Bolivia travelers and lake-house owners alike. The design: an empty reed boat on Lake Titicaca The Uros people build these boats from bundled totora reed, and the one in this picture sits empty, waiting — the kind of detail a room settles around. The design is drawn flat — a low view from inside a dense bank of golden totora reeds that sweeps up the left edge and across the foot of the scene, out to a single empty reed boat with bound, upturned prow and stern riding cobalt-blue water. Beyond it a thin line of golden reeds edges the far water beneath plum-brown hills and a pale cream haze bank, under a high sky banked with cream cumulus. LAKE above TITICACA and the line THE HIGHEST NAVIGABLE LAKE IN THE WORLD are set between diamond-tipped rules in the clear blue above the clouds, worked in golden yellow, cobalt, sky blue, cream and plum — the lake's own claim to fame, lettered right into the print. A framed lake house wall art, ready to hang Print sizes: 12″×16″ or 16″×20″ (30.5×40.6 or 40.6×50.8 cm), both portrait; the frame goes around the print, so the outside of the frame is a little larger Paper: 260 g/m² poster paper, 10 mil (0.25 mm) thick, with a finish that's partly glossy and partly matte Frame: black wood, 0.75″ (1.9 cm) thick, behind an acrylite front protector — lighter than glass and doesn't shatter Hanging hardware included — arrives ready to hang, so there's no framing errand Original illustration — a new composition made for RaZits Care: wipe the acrylite front with a soft, dry or slightly damp cloth, and keep it out of direct sunlight Who it's for For travelers who've made the Puno or Copacabana crossing, Peru and Bolivia expats, Andes trekkers, and lake-house owners who want more than a generic lake view. It hangs well in a living room, guest bedroom, or lake-house entryway, and makes an easy housewarming, honeymoon or trip-memento, birthday, or graduation gift. Quick answers Is this a reprint of a vintage original? No. It's an original illustration drawn in the mid-century travel-poster tradition — flat color, clean edges, bold lettering — and a new composition made for RaZits, not a scan of a historic print. Is that a real kind of boat? Yes — it's a balsa de totora, a boat the Uros people of Lake Titicaca make from bundled totora reeds. The lake sits at roughly 3,800 meters (about 12,500 feet) on the border of Peru and Bolivia, and is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. Which size should I choose? The 12″×16″ suits a desk nook, hallway, or gallery wall. The 16″×20″ makes more of a statement above a sofa, bed, or console. What is totora, and how does it connect to the Uros people? Totora is a tall, buoyant reed the Uros people bundle into boats — and into the floating islands they live on — on Lake Titicaca, on the border of Peru and Bolivia. Will it arrive in time for a gift? Each piece is made to order, not pulled from a shelf, so check the delivery window under Shipping and returns and leave a few days of margin before a fixed date. Shipping and returns Free US shipping. US delivery usually 5–12 business days. Easy 30-day returns. Size guide PRINT WIDTH (inches) PRINT HEIGHT (inches) FRAME 12″×16″ 12 16 Black wood, 0.75″ thick 16″×20″ 16 20 Black wood, 0.75″ thick PRINT WIDTH (cm) PRINT HEIGHT (cm) FRAME 12″×16″ 30.5 40.6 Black wood, 1.9 cm thick 16″×20″ 40.6 50.8 Black wood, 1.9 cm thick