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The pause is the whole subject; the work waits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe French field becomes the Nebraska prairie. The man on the left holds his hat in both hands; the woman on the right, in a bonnet and apron, has her hands folded at her chest. Between them the spade stands upright in the dirt over a basket of potatoes; behind her a barrow carries a full sack. Far off on the right stand a windmill, a house with one window lit and, fainter still, a steeple, and the sky is going the same color as that window.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distance between the couple and their house is the measure of what they work. Everything in the frame is theirs, including the quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach piece is printed on 200 gsm enhanced uncoated fine art paper with a twelve-color pigment process, which holds a wider tonal range than ordinary four-color printing. The print is mounted and set behind shatter-resistant acrylic in a 22 mm deep frame — solid wood in white, natural or dark, or aluminum in black. 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