This ink drawing presents a portrait study rendered in controlled linear hatching on aged paper, depicting a young man in three quarter view gazing downward with contemplative reserve. The composition pairs a finished portrait head with gestural hand studies above, demonstrating the artist's methodical approach to figure drawing. The delicate pen work establishes volume and form through parallel lines and cross hatching, characteristic of precisionist draftsmanship. Executed in the late 1930s, the work reflects the artist's commitment to figurative representation and intimate portraiture during a period of American realism.