Profile Head of an Old Man Facing Left
Red-chalk study with flowing hair and bared shoulder
A red-chalk study of an elderly man's head in left profile, with a strongly projecting nose, sunken mouth and deeply lined cheek. Long wavy hair spreads out behind the head in dense chalk strokes, and the line of a bare shoulder and upper back is drawn more lightly below. A collector's stamp sits at the upper left of the sheet.
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Aged man in left profile
The head is drawn in sharp left profile, the aquiline nose, jutting chin and creased cheek giving a vivid impression of old age. Abundant curling hair is built up behind the head in dense red-chalk strokes. The neck, shoulder and part of the back are sketched more lightly beneath.