Picture frame hanging assembly and method of installation

In combination with a picture frame having a front surface, a rear surface opposing the front surface, defining an enclosed frame cavity on the rear surface of the picture frame, having horizontally oriented frame elements opposing one another, having vertically oriented frame elements opposing one another and each respectively separating the horizontally oriented frame elements, and having two opposing upper corner joints and two opposing lower corner joints defined by one of the horizontally oriented frame elements and one of the vertically oriented frame elements, an improvement comprising:

• at least one bracket interposed between either the two opposing upper corner joints and directly coupled to at least one of the horizontally and vertically oriented frame elements or interposed between one of the two opposing upper corner joints and one of the two opposing lower corner joints and directly coupled to one of the vertically oriented frame elements, and enclosing and defining a hook-receiving aperture superimposed over the frame cavity and with an aperture width;
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• at least one hook component having a rear surface directly coupled to a building wall surface and a front surface, opposing the rear surface of the hook component, with a cantilevered hook member extending therefrom an offset length from the front surface of the hook component to define a bracket placement zone with the at least one bracket disposed therein and having an inner surface, with an inner surface hook width spanning from terminal opposing lateral sides of the hook member, at least partially supporting an upper wall of the at least one bracket, the aperture width at least approximately twice or greater than the inner surface hook width.