A full-length standing female nude in red chalk, the figure centered on the page, feet together and slightly turned outward. The model looks directly out with an expression that is neither neutral nor performed — something warmer than the studio look, a trace of ease or even mild amusement, a face comfortable in the session. This is among the more genuinely inhabited expressions in the figure drawing sequence.
The hair is wrapped in a cloth or turban at the crown, creating a clean horizontal line at the top of the head that gives the figure an unusual architectural clarity at its uppermost point. This wrapped-crown configuration appears rarely in the collection and gives this particular model a distinctive, unhurried silhouette.
The red chalk is used with full confidence: directional hatching builds the volume along the right side of the figure, particularly at the hip and thigh, where the marks follow the form's curve. The left side is drawn more linearly, the contrast between the two approaches giving the figure its three-dimensionality. The sanguine tone unifies the page with warmth.
The figure tapers from the shoulder to the ankle in a continuous, elegant reduction — the proportions of the whole figure convincingly maintained from crown to floor. This is among the most formally complete standing full-figure studies in the collection, the pose and the expression and the medium working in concert.