A Framed Pelletier Poster Arrives Ready for the Wall

What ready to hang actually means when a framed print arrives, what is already done for you, and the one task left on your side.

Auvrique Editorial · Fine Art Editions

The short answer

Yes. A framed poster of Pierre-Jacques Pelletier's work arrives fully assembled, with the print mounted behind glazing in its frame and hanging hardware fitted. There is no framing, no assembly and no extra trip to a framer. The only task left is choosing the wall and putting a fixing in it.

What Ready to Hang Actually Means

Ready to hang is a specific claim, not a mood. It means the print has been mounted, framed and glazed before it is packed, and that the hanging hardware is already attached to the frame's back. You take the box down, lift the poster out, and put it on the wall. No assembly, no kit of parts, no instructions to decipher.

The contrast is with an unframed print, which arrives rolled or flat and needs a frame bought separately, or with a canvas that may need its own fixings. If convenience is the point, the framed format is the one built for it. A framed poster edition shows what arrives finished, and how long shipping takes for a framed poster covers the wait before it lands.

The One Task Left for You

Honesty requires the caveat. The frame arrives ready, but the wall does not know that. You still need to decide on a height, mark the spot, and put a hook or screw into the wall appropriate to its material. Plaster, brick and stud walls each want a different fixing, and that is the part no seller can do from a distance.

The task is small. Most people spend longer deciding where the poster goes than actually hanging it. Eye level, roughly 145 centimetres to the centre of the frame, is the usual starting point, and a single hook will carry most framed poster weights. If you are weighing framed paper against stretched fabric instead, the difference between canvas and framed poster sets out the trade offs plainly.

Why Convenience Is Worth Paying For

Framing is the slow, expensive part of buying art on paper. A custom frame from a local framer can cost several times the price of the print itself and add weeks of waiting. A ready-to-hang framed poster collapses that whole process into one purchase and one delivery, which is exactly why the format exists.

There is also the matter of getting it right the first time. A print framed at the point of sale is mounted and proportioned to suit the image, so the margins and the moulding are decisions already made well. If you prefer the look of fabric without a frame at all, a canvas edition without a frame is the alternative, and buying a canvas print without a frame explains how that format arrives.

What is already done

The print is mounted and set behind glazing
The frame is fully assembled before packing
Hanging hardware is fitted to the frame's back
Protective corner packing is added for transit

The framing was always the hard part. Ready to hang exists to remove it, not to decorate the sale.

Format	Arrives as	Your task
Framed poster	Framed, glazed, hardware fitted	One hook in the wall
Canvas, framed	Stretched and framed	Hang on a fixing
Unframed print	Rolled or flat sheet	Buy a frame, then hang

Arrival state by format

Key takeaways

A framed poster of Pelletier's work arrives fully framed, glazed and fitted with hanging hardware.
No assembly is required at any point; the frame is built before it is packed.
The only remaining task is a wall fixing suited to your wall type.
Choosing the ready-to-hang format avoids the cost and delay of custom framing.

Related questions

Does a framed poster come with the hanging hardware included?

Yes. The hardware is attached to the back of the frame before packing, so the frame is ready to go onto a hook or screw the moment it is unpacked. You supply the wall fixing itself, since the right anchor depends on whether your wall is plaster, brick or stud.

Do I need any tools to hang it?

Only whatever your wall requires. A hammer for a picture hook on plasterboard, or a drill and wall plug for masonry. The frame itself needs nothing. If drilling is not an option, adhesive hooks rated for the frame's weight are a workable substitute on smooth surfaces.

Is the poster protected during delivery?

Framed editions are packed with the glazing and corners protected for transit, since a framed piece is more exposed in shipping than a rolled print. If a frame does arrive damaged, the refund policy covers it, and reporting the damage promptly with photographs is what the process asks for.

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