This graphite portrait depicts a bespectacled man with short, swept hair rendered in delicate pencil strokes on cream colored paper. The artist employs restrained shading to model the subject's facial features, capturing a contemplative expression through careful attention to the eyes and subtle contours of the face. The composition centers the head in a three quarter view against the plain ground, while the figure's shoulders emerge loosely suggested below. Signed and dated by the artist in cursive script at lower right, the work exemplifies mid twentieth century American portraiture's balance between precise characterization and economical draftsmanship. The intimate scale and immediacy of the graphite medium suggest this may be a study or gift drawing for a close associate.