An original mid-20th-century academic drawing featuring a double study of the female form by the listed French artist Jean Porcher (1927–2011). This large-scale work on paper represents the reverse side (verso) of a heavily rendered, seated nude charcoal study. It provides an unedited, intimate look into the artist's working process, capturing rapid studio exercises designed to master movement, contour, and form. The sheet contains two distinct, energetic linear sketches of the female nude. The figure on the left is captured in a dynamic, slightly twisted pose with stylized facial features and wind-swept hair. The figure on the right focuses sharply on the anatomy of the torso, hips, and waist from a three-quarter view, leaving the head in a minimalist outline. Moving away from deep chiaroscuro, Porcher utilizes clean, confident linework supplemented by sparse cross-hatching to define mass and weight, showcasing a more modernist, expressive approach to life drawing. Jean Porcher (1927–2011) was a French modernist painter and draughtsman. He received his formal art education at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nantes before continuing his studies at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Throughout his active career, Porcher developed a distinct figurative style, displaying his works at notable Parisian venues, including the Galerie Drouant-David, as well as internationally at the Reid & Lefevre gallery in London. The lower margin features the artist's full signature, "Jean Porcher", executed in his characteristic fluid blue ink script with a distinct double underline notation beneath the final letters. This clear signature offers genuine documentation of mid-century Parisian art school practices and archival history, ensuring the artwork's authenticity. While Jean Porcher's later gallery paintings are well-documented, original ephemera and raw sketchbook pages from his early academy days are rare and difficult to find. This particular dual-sided sheet, complete with a verified signature, represents a fine acquisition for collectors of mid-century French Modernism, academic drawings, or institutional art history. The artwork is in good antique condition on its original heavyweight paper. As a functional studio drawing, it displays minor, authentic signs of age and classroom handling, including light edge toning, faint charcoal transfers from storage, and soft handling creases. Artist: Jean Porcher (French, 1927–2011) – Signed "Jean Porcher" Estimated Period: Circa 1945–1955 Medium: Pencil / Thin charcoal and ink on paper Dimensions: 63 x 48 cm (approx. 24.8 x 18.9 inches) Type: Double-sided (Double female study on the front, seated female nude from behind on the reverse) Framing: Unframed Condition: Good antique state with minor studio wear