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Series Title: The Saltimbanques

Bust of a Man

1905, printed 1913

Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)
printer

Louis Fort

(French, active 1800s–1900s)
publisher

Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1867–1939)
Culture
Spain, 20th century
Medium
drypoint
Measurements
Image and Plate: 12 x 9 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 50.9 x 32.6 cm (20 1/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1929.899
Catalogue raisonné
Bloch 4; Palau i Fabre 1049; Geiser/Baer I.24.5;
State
b2 (Geiser/Baer)
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented drypoint print features a man with light skin tone in profile facing right. Densely intersecting, cross-hatched lines create dark shadows on his face, elongated neck, and upper chest. He has an open eye and closed mouth. Handwritten text in the upper left reads "Picasso" and "2-05." Faint, sketchy lines define his shoulders and the surrounding space against the light background.

Bust of a Man

1905, printed 1913

Pablo Picasso, Louis Fort, Ambroise Vollard

(Spanish, 1881–1973), (French, active 1800s–1900s), (French, 1867–1939)
Spain, 20th century

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