This pencil sketch by Maurice Prendergast captures a male head with the artist's characteristic loose, gestural line work typical of his Italian travel studies. The drawing demonstrates Prendergast's ability to convey form and personality through economical, expressive strokes rather than detailed rendering. As part of his Italian Sketchbook, this work reflects the observational studies the American Post-Impressionist painter created while traveling in Italy in the early 1890s.