A seated back view in sanguine — the figure in back-oblique, the body leaning slightly forward with the weight on the right arm that extends behind and to the right. The face in partial left profile at the upper right: the nose in brief profile, the brow. The back is presented as the composition's primary expanse, the spine's line descending from the neck to the lumbar curve, the shoulder blades' area given a shadow mark that describes their subtle relief. The legs at the lower left extend forward, the feet at the lower left edge given characteristic toe marks.
The sanguine on white paper produces the chalk's characteristic warm body-tone quality, the figure's contour drawn with confident single-pass marks. The leaning posture — the body angled from vertical, the arm behind bearing weight — gives the back view a quality of casual ease rather than formal pose, the figure settling into a comfortable off-vertical position.
The 7.75 by 10.25 format places this seated back view in the range of the compact sanguine studies that characterize this batch's figure works, the smaller paper giving the seated figure a more concentrated presence than the large-format works. The drawing is elegant in its economy — the back's expanse, the partial profile, the feet — each element given exactly the marks required and no more.