This graphite sketch by Maurice Prendergast captures a female figure with the loose, gestural quality characteristic of his drawing practice. The work demonstrates Prendergast's interest in figure study, rendered in delicate pencil lines that suggest form and movement rather than define it with precision. As a page from his sketchbook, it reveals the artist's private explorations and the spontaneous nature of his draftsmanship that often informed his more finished paintings and prints.