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View source →Pablo Picasso, 1904–5
Medium
Pen and brown ink on ledger paper
Dimensions
5 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (14.3 × 9.2 cm)
Style
Blue Period figuration
Decade
1900s
The official Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY record identifies Study of a Harlequin as a Pablo Picasso drawing, dated 1904–5, in Pen and brown ink on ledger paper. This catalog entry follows the holding institution’s title, material, date, dimensions, and object link rather than inferring undocumented subject matter or artist intent.
Study of a Harlequin is grouped here under Blue Period for gallery navigation based on the date published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. This period label is interpretive context, not a replacement for the cited primary object record. The institutional credit line is: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.
2026 Estimated Value
Public collection / market value not asserted
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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