An aquatint of a broad black loop containing smaller forms. Signed and dated in the lower margin below; no. 23 of an edition of 25. In 2012, members of the Royal Academy presented Queen Elizabeth II with a portfolio of 105 works on paper to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. This followed the presentation of similar portfolios by the Royal Academicians in the Queen's Coronation and Silver Jubilee years, 1953 and 1977.

Geoffrey Clarke was elected to the Royal Academy as a sculptor in 1975. He was part of a group of young British sculptors at the Venice Biennale in 1952 who were termed by the art critic Herbert Read the 'Geometry of Fear' for their exploration of twisted and tortured-looking human figures in sculptural form. Clarke was involved in a decade-long commission to make crosses, candlesticks and stained glass for the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral; many of his later commissions were for ecclesiastical settings. This print relates to a series of small iron sculptures of heads that Clarke made in the early 1950s, drawing on traditions of African masks and Surrealist sculpture. Clarke also contributed a work to the Royal Academy's 1977 Silver Jubilee Gift (RCIN 922865).