What a Custom Print Order Actually Takes to Arrive

Made-to-order art runs on two clocks, production and transit, and only one of them is predictable. Here is how the timeline breaks down, and what to check before you order.

Auvrique Editorial · Fine Art Editions

The short answer

A custom print is made after you order, so expect roughly one to two weeks of production plus shipping time, which ranges from a few days to two weeks depending on destination. A Kees van Dongen edition is not currently in the Auvrique catalogue, so confirm availability before planning around a date.

The Two Halves of the Wait

Every made-to-order art delivery timeline has two parts, and they behave differently. Production is the stretch between your payment and the print leaving the workshop. For a framed piece or a stretched canvas, that typically runs five to ten business days, because the printing, drying, stretching and framing happen in sequence, not in parallel. A flat poster is faster, often two to four days.

Transit is the second half, and it is the less controllable one. Domestic shipments usually land within two to five business days after dispatch. International destinations can take one to two weeks, and customs handling adds time that no seller can promise away. The honest total for a framed canvas ordered from abroad is therefore two to four weeks door to door. The published figures sit in the Auvrique Shipping Policy, and those numbers, not an estimate in a chat thread, are the ones that apply to your order.

Ordering a Kees van Dongen Print

Here is the part that matters more than any transit estimate. Auvrique does not currently carry editions of Kees van Dongen's work, so there is no shipping time to quote for one. Van Dongen, the Dutch born Fauve who spent his career painting Parisian portraits in saturated reds and greens, is not in the live catalogue at the moment of writing. Planning a delivery date around a piece that is not listed is the surest way to be disappointed.

The useful move is to check what is actually available and read its stated timeline. Canvas editions such as Art Forms in Nature on canvas or the Mission Point canvas edition follow the production pattern described above, and a framed piece like By the Sea as a framed poster sits at the faster end. If you want guidance on how a van Dongen style palette behaves in a room before an equivalent piece ships, the guide to color and mood covers it without any waiting involved.

How to Shorten the Wait

Most delay in a custom print order comes from decisions made at checkout, not from the workshop. Size changes, framing upgrades and address corrections each restart part of the process, so settling those before you pay is the single biggest time saver. Choosing a canvas over a framed edition also removes a framing stage, and unframed or rolled options cut it further.

Order timing matters too. A piece ordered on a Monday enters production that week. The same piece ordered on a Friday evening starts on Monday, which can push a delivery back several days for no reason beyond the calendar. If a specific date is driving the purchase, a gift for instance, state it when ordering and confirm the estimate in writing before paying. And if the piece you want is not listed, as with van Dongen today, ask directly through the contact page rather than assuming silence means unavailability.

The workshop clock is honest. The shipping clock is a rumor until the parcel has a tracking number.

Order type	Production	Transit after dispatch
Framed print	5 to 10 business days	2 to 10 business days
Stretched canvas	5 to 10 business days	2 to 10 business days
Rolled or flat poster	2 to 4 business days	2 to 10 business days

Typical made-to-order ranges

Key takeaways

Custom prints ship after production, so total delivery is production time plus transit time.
A realistic door to door range for a framed or canvas piece is two to four weeks.
Auvrique does not currently list Kees van Dongen editions, so availability should be confirmed first.
Finalizing size, framing and address at checkout prevents the most common delays.

Related questions

Can I get a guaranteed delivery date for a custom print?

No seller can guarantee a courier's performance, and customs adds variance on international orders. What a seller can give you is a production window and a dispatch date. Treat the transit estimate as a range, order early if a date matters, and ask for the estimate in writing before you pay.

Do framed prints take longer than canvas prints to arrive?

Usually yes, slightly. Framing adds a stage after printing, which can add a few business days to production. A stretched canvas also needs assembly, so the gap is often small. A rolled or flat poster is the fastest option because it skips both stretching and framing entirely.

What if the artist I want is not in the catalogue?

Then there is no edition to ship and no timeline to quote. Catalogues change, so it is worth asking directly whether a piece is planned. In the meantime, the practical questions, size, palette and placement, can be settled with guides like the one on choosing a canvas size for a small wall, so you are ready when the piece appears.

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