The illustration serves as a tender, soulful portrait of a young girl wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat adorned with flowers, set against a softly sketched background featuring a faint secondary profile study. Hibel's legendary mastery of line and delicate pastel washes creates an elegant, warm, and poetic impressionistic aesthetic that beautifully anchors any traditional, transitional, or mid-century gallery wall.

Signature & Dual Exhibition Series Markings:

This premium collector's piece features immaculate studio documentation directly along the wide lower paper margins:

1. Personally hand-signed by the artist "Hibel" in pencil in the lower corner.

2. Hand-numbered in pencil by the studio registrar: "I 75 / 80 ed 400" in the lower left.

3. Features a secondary matching Roman Numeral "I" written in pencil directly above the artist's signature. This traditional European cross-checking system guarantees the print sheet belongs to the highly coveted, crisp first tier of the 400 total global edition.

Premium Framing Provenance & Non-Glare Glass:

Housed in its premium, custom-crafted gilded gold wood gallery frame. It is professionally presented with a dual-tone wide cream and inner accent mat board that frames the soft values of the artwork flawlessly. 

This artwork is professionally protected beneath premium, non-reflective matte glass. This specialized archival glass completely eliminates harsh room reflections and glare, allowing the stunning sketch details and ink textures of the portrait to remain perfectly visible and crisp from any viewing angle.

The reverse retains the original vintage gallery label from the "J. Michael Brown Co." (Erie, Pa.), featuring their classic mid-century 6-digit phone number tracking. This label beautifully establishes its authentic vintage American gallery heritage. Comes complete with a sturdy attached hanging wire, arriving ready to display straight out of the box.

Dimensions:

* Overall Wood Frame Size: 27 3/4 inches Tall x 25 inches Wide

* Visible Artwork Size (Inside Matting): 18 inches Tall x 16 3/4 inches Wide

Condition Report:

The original stone lithograph print itself is in great condition with crisp sketchy details, warm color gradients, and zero fading, foxing, or moisture staining. The custom matting remains clean and uniform. The gold wood frame is solid, sturdy, and structurally robust, showing only very minimal, superficial surface scuffs on the edges consistent with age and careful handling. The reverse paper backing shows normal light vintage wear as pictured. Please see all high-resolution photos to evaluate the exact cosmetic state.

Shipping Note (Flat-Rate Protection):

To guarantee this beautifully framed glass work arrives safely at your door, it will be packaged with care. The frame corners will be protected, and will be encased in multiple layers of packing material before being securely boxed inside a rigid, thick-walled container. Shipped flat rate to prevent massive calculated dimensional weight overcharges.

Artist: Edna Hibel (American, 1917–2014)Title: Pamela features: Hand-Signed by Artist, Hand-Numbered "I 75/80 ed 400", Dual Series I Markings, Non-Reflective Glass, Vintage J. Michael Brown Co. Custom Framing Labels production Technique: Original Stone Lithograph Year of Production: Circa 1970s Material: Fine Art Paper orientation: Vertical (Portrait)Size: Large (27.75 x 25 in Frame / 18 x 16.75 in Sight) Subject: Young Girl in Hat, Impressionist Portrait, Childhood Innocence, Feminine Portraiture