A large-format horizontal watercolor nude seen from a strongly foreshortened viewpoint — the legs and feet in the foreground filling the left half of the composition, the body receding to the right where the torso and arm are described. The ink outline is bold and free, the grey-wash giving the body form and shadow, the yellow watercolor at the lower edge providing the ground's warm color. The large format makes the foreshortened body life-size or larger, the feet nearly paper-height in the composition's widest dimension.
The foreshortening connects this large watercolor to Work 1514's sanguine foreshortened figure — both works present the body from the feet end, the feet nearest and largest. But where 1514 was a delicate sanguine chalk drawing at 25 by 19 inches, this is a bold ink-and-wash watercolor at the larger 25 by 33.5 scale. The larger format and the looser medium give the foreshortening more spatial drama — the body's recession from the large feet to the small torso more pronounced.
The watercolor's grey-and-yellow color scheme is among the most restrained in the large-format series — neither the vivid greens of 1639 nor the pink sky of 1637, but a quiet two-tone of warm yellow ground and cool grey body. This restraint suits the strong compositional concept: the foreshortening is powerful enough that it doesn't need color drama to carry the work.