This one was definitely a labor of love. I spent hours blending original and archived photography of downtown Detroit into an exciting composition, then spent hours more on the completely custom lettering inspired by ornate late 19th Century maps. (The famous Sanborn Insurance Maps, if you're familiar.)
Original art, design, photography, and lettering by Brian Walline, with some use of historical photos.
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Recognition: Detroit occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg peoples. In particular, the city resides on Land ceded in the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.
Motor City - Michigan Travel Art Print
Product Info
- HANDMADE IN MICHIGAN!
- Signed by the artist
- Archival giclée travel art poster
- 5 Standard sizes — Ready to frame
- Heavyweight, acid-free matte paper
- Top quality pigment-based inks
- 1" white margin around printed area
- 1.5" white margin for 8x10" prints
- 8x10" prints come matted, with a mat opening of 4.5x6.5"
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Shipping
- Free Shipping on orders over $75
- Prints typically ship in 1-5 days via USPS or UPS
- 8x10" and 11x14" prints ship FLAT
- 16x20" (and up) prints ship ROLLED
- Long distance deliveries of 11x14" prints may also shipped rolled
- Orders that mix flat items (matted 8x10" prints, coaster sets, etc.) with larger, rolled prints will ship separately
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About the Artist
A Proud Michigander, Brian Walline is the founder and artist behind The Mighty Mitten. Brian lives in Ann Arbor, where he works to continuously expand his series of Michigan travel art.

















