Portrait of Nicolás Guillén

Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. Bust portrait of Nicolas Guillen, occupying almost the entire support against a plain background. The portrayed is half-profiled to the right, has a fat face, straight gray hair combed straight back, broad forehead, short eyebrows, small eyes, hooked nose and full, closed lips. Suggestion of a shirt, tie and jacket. Light falling from the left of the composition creates effect of shadows on the left side of the portrayed.