A large charcoal reclining figure with strong diagonal energy — the body oriented at a steep angle across the composition, the head at the upper right with the face visible, the body descending to the lower left. The diagonal is the most decisive compositional choice in the charcoal figure drawings: unlike the horizontal reclinings, this figure is on a slope, the body reading as falling or resting on an incline.
The face at the upper right has a quality of downward attention — the eyes looking down and forward, the expression absorbed. The hair at the crown is briefly described. The arm extending from the upper body creates a secondary diagonal moving in the opposite direction from the body, a counterpoint that gives the composition its tension.
The lower body descends to the left: the hip mass, the beginning of the legs. The charcoal is at its most selective here — the upper body more fully described, the lower body lighter and more suggested.
The composition's most unusual feature is the large empty area at the lower right — the diagonal figure leaving a substantial white zone that seems to breathe with the composition rather than simply being empty.