The present lot is a proof of two of the twelve photogravures of weeds and wildflowers that were designed as an insert for The House Beautiful, a book printed in 1896-1897. Only 90 copies were published and distributed mostly to friends and family. There is no stitching on the Japanese paper sheet, which specifies that it is a proof, and not an insert removed from a copy of the book. Weeds and wildflowers are a representation of the prairie, and were highly influential in Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs. Wright stated in his 1932 autobiography: “The print is more autobiographical than you may imagine. If Japanese prints were to be deducted from my education, I don’t know what direction the whole might have taken.”