Sandu Darie Prints Arrive Ready to Hang, With Hardware Included

What the box contains, what you still need, and where the hidden costs usually hide. A plain accounting for anyone pricing the true cost of getting a print on the wall.

Auvrique Editorial · Fine Art Editions

The short answer

Yes. Framed posters and canvas editions ship ready to hang, with mounting hardware or hooks included in the package and no framing appointment required. Budget for one wall anchor or nail, and roughly ten minutes of your time. Nothing else is needed, and no professional installer is necessary for standard sizes.

What the package actually contains

A framed poster arrives complete. The frame is assembled, the print is mounted under its glazing, and a hanging fixture is fitted to the back before packing. The same applies to canvas, which is stretched over its internal frame and strung or fitted with a hook mount. Unbox it, decide on the wall, hang it. That is the entire process.

This matters because the alternative, buying a bare print, quietly adds cost. A local framer typically charges a multiple of the print price once glass, mount board and frame are counted. A ready to hang edition moves that cost into the purchase itself, which is why the comparison is not print price against frame price. It is one delivered object against a two step project.

Check the box contents against the packing slip before discarding anything. Hardware is usually in a small bag taped to the backing or tucked into the frame's corner. Losing it before you notice it is the most common reason a hanging job turns into a shopping trip.

The one tool you may still need

Honesty requires a concession. The hardware included covers the wall side of the equation, not the making of the hole. You will need a drill with a masonry bit for brick or concrete, or simply a hammer and a picture hook for plasterboard. Renters in older buildings with solid walls should expect to buy or borrow a drill if they do not own one.

That is the full extent of the hidden cost, and it is small. A basic picture hanging kit costs under fifteen dollars and covers most walls. If you are weighing a framed edition against a canvas, the hanging requirements are nearly identical, though canvas is lighter per size and more forgiving on weaker hooks. The choice between them is aesthetic, not practical.

Weight is the other variable worth a minute of thought. Anything over roughly eight kilograms, which at these sizes is uncommon, deserves a wall anchor rather than a nail. If you are renting or cannot drill at all, there are adhesive and rail alternatives worth reading about before you order.

In the box, in short

The print, already framed or already stretched on canvas
Mounting hardware or hooks, fitted or bagged with the piece
A packing slip listing what should be present
Protective wrapping, which you keep until the piece is hung

Pricing the whole job, not the print

Price sensitive buyers should compare totals. A ready to hang edition costs more upfront than a bare print, but the delivered cost of print plus framing plus hardware plus an hour of your evening usually runs higher. The gap widens with size, because professional framing is priced by dimensions and glazing choice.

One caveat belongs here. Auvrique does not currently list editions by Sandu Darie, so anyone set on this specific artist should verify availability before planning a wall. The same ready to hang logic applies across the catalogue, whether you buy a framed poster edition or a stretched canvas, and the mechanics described above hold for either format.

Plan the wall before the box arrives. Mark the spot with painter's tape, check that the hook height clears furniture, and confirm there is a stud or a solid surface where you intend to drill. Ten minutes of measuring is the difference between a straight picture and a second hole in the plaster.

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