"Little Head" by J. Alden Weir, Amer., (1852-1919) Slate Print

"Little Head" by J. Alden Weir, Amer., (1852-1919) Slate PrintEtching, 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

slight lightening within mat opening

5-5/16 x 9-9/16

6-7/8 x 8-7/8

11-3/4 x 17-1/4

on thin cream laid paper with large margins and deckled edges

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

one of the major practitioners of the medium

A wonderful Kent

finding great inspiration for his many paintings and prints in the verdant rolling hills and tranquil banks of the Housatonic river as it meanders south towards New Milford

draftsman and print maker

with an old price in pencil at lower left corner

and open to the public