An old man's drawing

An old man is shown from the waist up, wearing a heavy fur hat with earflaps over a rough coat and a horizontally striped shirt. He grips a long, spear-like wooden pole in one raised hand while his other hand rests before him, his weathered, bearded face turned slightly to the side.

Executed almost entirely in grey, black, and white, the work builds form through broad tonal masses and scratchy, energetic linework rather than fine detail, the fur hat and beard left loosely textured. Strong contrast between the pale face and dark coat gives the figure a sculptural presence against the soft grey ground, in an economical, expressive study.