Empire State Building, New York City Travel Wall Art
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An Empire State Building poster seen from a nearby rooftop at sunset. The art deco tower stands dead centre with its setbacks stepping up to the mast, its west face catching the last of the light while the other side falls into shadow. Manhattan spreads out behind it in haze, and three wooden water towers sit in silhouette on the roofs in the foreground.
About the artwork
Flat shapes with fine ruled linework for the window bays, and a long vertical colour gradient doing most of the atmosphere. The palette is entirely warm: dusty rose and mauve at the top of the sky, dropping through burnt orange into pale gold at the horizon, with streaked cirrus scratched across it in cream. The tower itself is amber and honey on the lit face, deep plum on the shadowed one, with a near-black spire and antenna. The city behind is drawn in receding violet-grey haze so the buildings lose contrast with distance, and the foreground rooftops are almost silhouette, brown-black, with the water tanks and their steel legs cut sharply against the glow. Type is set in white capitals reading EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, with NEW YORK CITY below. Portrait, 2:3.
Why you'll love it
- Water towers in the foreground — the detail that makes it read as a New York rooftop rather than a generic skyline.
- One warm gradient, top to bottom — rose to orange to gold, which is why it glows on a wall.
- Depth by haze — the city softens into violet as it recedes, so the tower stays the only sharp thing.
- Art deco drawn properly — the setbacks, the crown and the mast are all rendered, not reduced to a shape.
Sizes and materials
- Paper — archival matte, rolled and unframed. Nine sizes from 8" x 12" to 30" x 40", plus A4-A1 for European frames.
- Matte canvas — stretched on a wooden bar, no glare, ready to hang.
- Framed canvas — stretched canvas in a solid wood floating frame in white, black, espresso or natural.
- Pigment-based archival inks, rated to resist fading for decades indoors.
Styling it at home
Rose, amber and plum make this the warmest print in the set. It is at its best on a terracotta or clay wall, close to the walnut sideboard setting in the photographs above, and it also holds up on cream, camel or deep burgundy. On a cool grey wall the plum shadows can read muddy, so give it a warm ground if you can. Black framing sharpens the silhouettes; espresso or gold framing leans into the deco character. Strong above a bed, a fireplace or a bar cart.
Shipping and care
Unframed prints ship rolled in a protective tube. Framed canvas arrives ready to hang. Keep prints out of direct sunlight to protect the colour, and dust canvas with a dry, soft cloth.
Questions people ask
What size should I get? The tower is a strong central shape, so 16" x 24" works beside a bed or in a hallway. Above a sofa or a fireplace, 24" x 36" lets the hazy skyline and the water towers register properly.
Does it come framed? Paper and matte canvas ship unframed. Framed canvas comes in a solid wood floating frame in white, black, espresso or natural, ready to hang.
What does the poster say? The printed lettering reads EMPIRE STATE BUILDING across the top, with NEW YORK CITY underneath it.
Print & materials
Every design is made to order on one of three materials:
- Fine art paper — thick archival gallery-grade paper with a smooth matte finish, printed with fade-resistant pigment inks. The choice if you already own a frame.
- Matte canvas — gallery-wrapped over a solid wood stretcher, ready to hang straight out of the box. No glass, no glare.
- Framed canvas in white, black, espresso or natural wood — a slim solid-wood floating frame with the hanging hardware already fitted. Natural and espresso suit warm, timber-heavy rooms; white and black sit better in minimalist and monochrome spaces.
Sizes run from 8 x 12 inches up to large statement pieces, plus A4, A3, A2 and A1 for standard European frames. The exact sizes available for this design are listed in the Size menu above.
Production & shipping
Nothing is printed until you order, so each piece is made for you.
- Printed and finished in 3–5 business days.
- Delivery a further 4–8 business days — about 7–13 days in total.
- Free shipping across the United States. Everywhere else is a flat $5 per order.
Paper prints ship rolled in a rigid tube. Canvas and framed canvas are boxed with corner guards.
Damage, defects & care
Every piece is printed for you after you order, so we cannot take a print back for a change of mind — please check the size and material first. Our Size Guide shows every size drawn to scale.
If it arrives damaged, misprinted or simply wrong, email us within 14 days with photos of the piece and the packaging. We reprint and reship it free, and there is nothing to send back.
Keep artwork out of direct sunlight. Wipe framed canvas with a dry, soft cloth. Handle paper prints by the edges until they are framed.
Empire State Building, New York City Travel Wall Art
Style it as a gallery wall
This print is part of these ready-made sets. Buy the whole wall and 10% comes off automatically.
Materials
Three ways to print it.
Same artwork, same colour-managed printing — the material decides how it hangs and how much wall it holds.
Fine art paper
Thick archival gallery-grade paper with a smooth matte finish, printed with fade-resistant pigment inks.
- The most affordable option, and the one to pick if you already own a frame.
- Reads slightly softer than canvas.
- Ships rolled in a rigid tube.
Matte canvas
Gallery-wrapped over a solid wood stretcher, ready to hang straight out of the box.
- No glass, so no glare — good for bright rooms.
- Holds a touch more contrast than paper.
- Boxed with corner guards.
Framed canvas
A slim solid-wood floating frame with the hanging hardware already fitted, in white, black, espresso or natural wood.
- Natural and espresso suit warm, timber-heavy rooms.
- White and black sit better in minimalist and monochrome spaces.
- The usual choice for a feature wall — nothing to assemble.
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