A large horizontal blue pencil figure drawing of a reclining figure in a compressed back-view — the upper body folded forward, the hip rising as the back curves, the legs extending in different directions. The composition has the formal quality of a body at its most folded-within-itself: the hip at the upper center is the highest point, the head at the lower right and the extended leg at the lower left creating the composition's diagonal extent.
The face in partial profile — barely visible at the lower right — is the most private element: barely present, almost hidden within the body's fold. The profile shows just the nose and the chin.
The hip at the composition's apex is the most generously described element: the rounded form, the shadow beneath, the indentation. This hip is the entire formal argument — the body folds to make this form the most prominent.
The feet, at opposite ends of the composition, are both described with toe-specific attention: the left foot at the lower left, the right foot at the lower right, anchoring the composition at both ends while the body rises between them.