Tom Wesselmann's *Study for Smoker #27* is a preparatory drawing executed in ballpoint pen and colored pencil on tracing paper, showcasing the artist's process of refining his iconic imagery of disembodied lips and cigarette smoke. The translucent tracing paper ground emphasizes the work's function as a study, while the combination of media captures both precise linework and bold, sensuous color. True to Wesselmann's Pop Art sensibility, the composition isolates and elevates a fragment of the female figure into a charged, graphic form.