This pencil sketch by Maurice Prendergast depicts a woman in profile, rendered with the artist's characteristic loose, gestural line work. The drawing comes from Prendergast's Italian Sketchbook, a collection of studies created during his travels in Italy that informed his later colorful paintings. The economical use of pencil captures the figure's silhouette and posture with expressive immediacy, exemplifying the artist's approach to quick observational drawing.