Image: Image reproduction rights managed by Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; institutional source link provided
View source →Pablo Picasso, 1905
Medium
Black chalk on cream wove paper (discolored to brown), laid down on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
32.9 × 21.6 cm (13 × 8 9/16 in.)
Style
Rose Period figuration
Decade
1900s
The official Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois record identifies Study of a Seated Man as a Pablo Picasso chalk, dated 1905, in Black chalk on cream wove paper (discolored to brown), laid down on cream Japanese paper. This catalog entry preserves the holding institution’s title and object metadata rather than inferring undocumented imagery, sitter identity, or artist intent.
Study of a Seated Man is grouped under Rose Period for gallery navigation using the date published by Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. This period label provides high-level art-historical orientation and does not supersede the primary collection record. The institutional credit line is: Gift of Robert Allerton.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Public Collection — Open to visitors
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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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