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View source →Pablo Picasso, 1904
Medium
Pen and brown ink and colored crayons on tan wove paper
Dimensions
36.8 × 23.7 cm (14 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.)
Style
Blue Period figuration
Decade
1900s
The official Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois record identifies Beggar with Crutch as a Pablo Picasso pen and ink drawings, dated 1904, in Pen and brown ink and colored crayons on tan wove paper. This catalog entry preserves the holding institution’s title and object metadata rather than inferring undocumented imagery, sitter identity, or artist intent.
Beggar with Crutch is grouped under Blue 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: Bequest of Mrs. Gordon Palmer.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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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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