Frank Auerbach's two studies for "Mornington Crescent: Summer Morning" demonstrate his characteristic exploratory approach to representing the London street through gestural mark making in black ink, coloured crayon, and pencil. These preliminary works reveal the artist's process of layering and revising forms, capturing the spatial complexity and atmospheric conditions of the location through accumulated linear marks rather than descriptive detail. The studies exemplify Auerbach's commitment to working from direct observation, translating the visual experience of place into an intensely worked abstract vocabulary.