A large horizontal charcoal figure drawing — a reclining figure on its back, the face visible in a nearly frontal view, the legs extending and the knee bent upward to the right. The face looking upward is the most open of any reclining figure: the eyes visible, the expression one of relaxed presence, neither asleep nor actively engaged.
The charcoal builds the face with genuine tonal modeling: the shadow at the eye socket, the nose described from below, the chin and neck below. The bun at the crown — visible from the side — is described with the characteristic loop marks.
The body from the face down is described with the charcoal's characteristic directness: the torso, the raised knee creating the composition's most dynamic element, the extended leg descending to the foot. Both feet are described with toe-by-toe attention.
The reclining figure in charcoal, face-up, is the most physically relaxed and the most open of the charcoal figures — the body giving itself entirely to rest, the face undefended by any posture of withdrawal or concealment.