Commissioned circa 1939 as part of the historic Index of American Design, 'Planting Corn' by Stanley Mazur meticulously documents a seminal folk painting by Olof Krans. Krans, a self-taught artist of the 19th-century Bishop Hill Colony, captured the communal agrarian life of Swedish immigrants in Illinois with stark, geometric simplicity. Mazur's WPA-era rendering preserves this vital piece of American material culture with architectural precision. Every format of this archival reproduction, including our premium canvas, is finished with a refined, gallery-ready presentation featuring a clean white gallery border that floats the artwork in standard proportions without cropping. This minimalist border ensures the historical integrity of the composition is preserved, offering an elegant transition from the rustic folk narrative to contemporary architectural spaces.
About Your Border
Every format — Fine Art Print, Framed Fine Art Print, Canvas and Framed Canvas — is supplied with a clean white gallery border framing the image on all four sides. The border is sized in proportion to the piece — approximately 10% of the shortest edge on each side (for example, about 3 cm of white border on a 30 cm-wide piece) — so the artwork keeps its standard proportions with no cropping and is ready to hang or frame straight away. If you prefer, you can also place your own mount/mat on top.
Would you like a different border width, a borderless full-bleed version, or any other adjustment? Just let us know within 24 hours of ordering and we'll tailor it for you at no extra cost.
