Ruby Neri's 2018 pencil drawing presents the raw, immediate quality that defines her approach to figuration on paper. Working within a compact 30.5 by 20.3 centimeter format, Neri traces the human form with a directness that feels both urgent and considered, the graphite lines carrying the same visceral energy found throughout her broader practice in ceramics and painting. The intimate scale invites close looking, rewarding the collector who engages with the subtle gradations of pressure and tone that give the composition its sense of bodily weight and presence. Neri is recognized for her unflinching portrayals of the female figure, rooted in a lineage that draws from folk art, outsider traditions, and the expressive legacy of Bay Area figuration. Works on paper occupy a special place within her output, functioning as spaces of direct investigation rather than preparatory study. In this untitled drawing, the pencil medium strips away any decorative mediation, placing the emphasis squarely on gesture, contour, and the charged relationship between mark and ground. For collectors, a work of this kind represents an opportunity to engage with Neri's practice at its most concentrated. Drawings at this scale are relatively rare within her body of work, and the 2018 date situates this piece within a particularly fertile period of her development. Held unframed, the work offers flexibility in presentation while retaining the tactile intimacy that pencil on paper uniquely affords.