A large horizontal charcoal drawing that focuses on the upper body of a reclining figure — the composition centered on the head, arm, and upper torso, the lower body extending but dissolving into lighter marks toward the right edge. This is a close-up within a life drawing: Sidney moving his position or framing mentally to concentrate on the specific form of the raised arm and the body beneath it.
The arm at the upper left is the most elaborately described element: raised and bent, the elbow visible, the forearm extending back toward the head. The charcoal builds the arm's musculature through shadow — the underside darker, the upper surface lighter — giving it genuine three-dimensional form.
The head below the raised arm is described with the most tonal complexity in any charcoal reclining figure: the hair in dark marks, the face barely visible, the neck and shoulder transitioning to the body.
The charcoal texture throughout is the most energetically applied in the charcoal group — the marks rapid, gestural, the form found through movement rather than deliberate placement.