The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 7, 2026

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

(Spanish, 1881–1973)
printer

Louis Fort

(French, active 1800s–1900s)
publisher

Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1867–1939)
Spain, 20th century
drypoint
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.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1929.899
Catalogue raisonné: Bloch 4; Palau i Fabre 1049; Geiser/Baer I.24.5;
Location: Not on view
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