A seated back view in pencil — the figure leaning slightly backward, the right arm extending to a surface or support behind and to the right, the head in partial profile at the upper left with the loose hair briefly described. The back's musculature is given more tonal development than most pencil back views in the new portfolio: brief parallel shadow marks at the shoulder blade zone describe the scapular ridge, and a longer shadow mark at the left side of the spine describes the lateral muscle's depth. The figure is seated on a surface the lower lines of which are visible at the bottom edge.
The lean backward — the body slightly angled away from vertical, the weight partially transferred to the arm behind — gives the figure a quality of relaxed ease, the body settling into a comfortable position. The pencil captures this relaxation through the slight diagonal of the spine and the arm's extension: the figure is not posed but resting. Among the seated back views in the portfolio, this one reads as the most casually observed — the model caught in a moment of actual comfort rather than formal pose.
The 11 by 13.25 format places this figure in the mid-range between the compact 8.25 by 11 small portrait format and the large 14 by 17 and 25 by 19 sheets. The moderate scale gives the back view breathing room — the figure occupying the upper two-thirds with space below — while keeping the observation intimate. The pencil's delicate marks and the cream paper's warmth give the drawing a quiet, unhurried quality.