What arrives in the box

A framed edition is complete when it reaches you. The print sits behind its glazing, mounted in the frame, with the hanging fittings attached to the back. You take it out of the packaging, decide where it goes, and put one fixing in the wall. There is no assembly step, no separate frame to fit, and no parts bag to lose.

A canvas edition is a different object. It arrives stretched over its internal frame, so the surface is taut and the edges are finished, but it is not enclosed in an outer frame. Hanging it is still a one-person job in most sizes. If you want the framed look without the work, a framed poster such as San Gabriel Canyon framed poster is the closer fit, and the trade-offs are set out in the guide to choosing between canvas and framed poster.

The honest limits of ready to hang

Ready to hang does not mean nothing left to do. You still need a wall fixing suited to your surface, because the hardware supplied assumes ordinary plaster or drywall. A brick wall, a tiled wall or a very large canvas will want something stronger, and that is a five-minute trip to a hardware shop rather than a problem with the order.

It is also worth being clear about scale. A canvas above roughly a metre wide is awkward for one person to level alone, whatever it arrives with. The practical answer is to mark the wall, hold the piece up once, and only then commit to the fixing. Anyone weighing up sizes before ordering will find the room-by-room guidance in print sizes for a small bedroom more useful than guesswork.

For anything the product page does not cover, the Auvrique Shipping Policy lists what is included with each format before it leaves the studio.

Hanging it without hassle

The routine is short. Hold the piece against the wall at eye level, which for most rooms means the centre sits around 145 to 150 centimetres from the floor. Mark the top edge lightly in pencil, note where the hanging fitting sits behind it, then drill or tap in your fixing. Two minutes with a spirit level saves a crooked print you will notice every day.

Canvas editions are lighter than they look and forgive a slightly less precise fixing, since the hanging point is broad. Framed editions are less forgiving, because a single fitting carries the whole weight. Neither format needs special tools beyond a drill or a hammer, a level and a pencil. If you are still deciding on the artwork itself, the overview of Jan Sluyters' most common subjects is a better starting point than the hardware.