"Little Head" by J. Alden Weir, Amer., (1852-1919) Slate Print 11-3/4 x 17-1/4

11-3/4 x 17-1/4

A beautiful two-sided sheet of a favorite early subject of the artist

on thin cream laid paper with large margins and deckled edges

with an old price in pencil at lower left corner

"Little Head" by J. Alden Weir, Amer., (1852-1919) Slate Print 11-3/4 x 17-1/4Etching, 1888, Z. 51, 4 11 16 x 3 1 8 signed with initials bottom right in the plate, JAW, printed on on a sheet of antique grayish laid paper trimmed to the platemark by the artist, a lifetime proof printed by J. Alden Weir, signified in pencil by the artist's daughter Caro Weir Ely with his initials on a corner verso. The artist has added a sense of mystery by leaving a veil of ink to shroud the woman's face in shadow. Descended in the family of the