A delicate pencil sketch on thin buff paper captures the enigmatic actor Peter Lorre with Pascin's characteristically loose, fluid line work. The drawing reveals Pascin's gift for psychological penetration, suggesting Lorre's distinctive heavy-lidded, melancholic gaze through economical yet expressive mark-making. The intimate scale and ephemeral quality of the medium lend the portrait a candid, immediate quality typical of Pascin's sensitive approach to depicting the human face.