A full standing figure in red chalk — one of the few life drawings that includes studio furniture. The model stands before a rectangular shape at the center-right background — a chair back, a standing board, or a studio prop — its geometry providing a formal counterpoint to the figure's organic form. The figure faces forward with the face described in greater detail than in most sanguine figures: the eyes drawn with lash marks, the nose and lips indicated, the expression one of steady, slightly skeptical assessment.
The pose — hands resting at the hips or behind the back, the weight distributed evenly, the chest slightly forward — has the quality of someone who has posed before and is comfortable doing so. The figure's self-possession within the life drawing setting is the portrait-within-the-figure quality.
The body is rendered from crown to feet with the typical red chalk economy — each zone described in its minimum. The feet at the bottom are among the most toed-out in the life drawing series, the weight spread wide, the stability apparent.
The studio prop at right is the most architecturally specific element: its right angles describing an interior space, the figure standing in front of rather than against it. This drawing places the figure in a room.