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unframed

American  
[uhn-fraymd] / ˌʌnˈfreɪmd /

adjective

  1. (of a painting, photo, etc.) not in a frame.

  2. without structure or context.


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When my designer Daniel Romualdez came to hang them, he said, “Let’s do some unframed and some framed together.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Now, a portrait of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, holding the symbolic curved sword of devout men, has been added to a wall with four pushpins, still unframed.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

They can be propped up unframed, and framed works can be hung from a grid with hooks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

An unframed and unfurled painting by Sheila Crider, hung so that each end droops, offers the show’s exemplary title: “Shape Shifter.”

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022

All over the apartment hung photographs, unframed and tacked up with poster gum, but striking nonetheless.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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