In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Mired in poverty, Picasso traveled between Spain and France in the first years of the 20th century. On his second trip to Paris in 1901, he met the poet and art critic Max Jacob, and the instant friends shared an apartment the next year. Back in Barcelona in 1903, Picasso wrote regularly to Jacob about his struggles and, especially, his art. This double-sided document dated to August 6 captures an early stage of The Blind Man's Meal (1903; The Metropolitan Museum of Art). The dog featured in the sketch was overpainted in the final composition.
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At the Theater (The Courtesan)
Woman Seated on Striped Floor
Still Life with Basket of Fruit and Jug
Child Seated in an Armchair (Enfant assis dans un fauteuil)
Standing Nude in Front of a Red Arch
Young Woman Holding a Cigarette (Jeune femme tenant une ciga
The Ascetic (L' Ascète)
Composition: The Peasants
Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868) — The Ploughman and his H
Félicien Rops — Letter to Theo Hanon, from Rops, signed Fély
Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) — Jewess of Algiers and
Jakob Smits — Schets van twee lezende meisjes aan een tafel
Thomas Couture — Study for “The Enrollment of the Volunteers
Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña — Studies for a figure comp
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — Firelight - J
Karel Dujardin — Study of heads in profile view, a woman wit
Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868) — Etchings of Paris: Hop
Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña — Two studies for a figure 
Rik Wouters — Schetsblad met zittende vrouw, die op haar sto
Pierre Bonnard — Marthe aan haar ontbijt