A large red chalk seated figure drawing of unusual energy — the figure seen from behind with the head bowed toward the right and both arms raised around the head, the hands active at the crown. The pose suggests someone adjusting their hair or resting the head in the arms — the arms creating a frame around the bowed head at the upper right.
The back is described with the characteristic sanguine single-stroke confidence: the outer contour tracing the shoulder-to-hip sweep cleanly. The raised arms are the composition's most dynamic element — both arms visible, the marks following their direction with energy.
At the lower composition, the legs extend: the left leg visible with the foot at the lower left described with individual toe marks, the right leg extending to the right, the foot at the lower right corner.
The red chalk on the cream paper gives the figure its characteristic warmth. The bowed head and raised arms create a composition of self-contained energy — the body folded around its own center.