An anthropomorphic skeleton in a black tuxedo, bow tie and dark sunglasses lounges in a tufted burgundy leather wingback armchair, a bony hand raising a martini glass with a skewered olive. Beside the chair, a side table holds an ornate vase of dried, wilting roses and a cut-crystal decanter of dark liquor. The figure fills the right two-thirds of a wide composition with the still life anchoring the left, and textured wall rises above the head.

Low-key light falls warmly from the upper right across the figure while deep shadow pools in the chair and the lower part of the picture. Thick palette-knife impasto builds a fractured, mosaic-like wall over visible canvas grain, in dusty wine mauve, charcoal, bone ivory and ruby tones. The mood is darkly humorous, glamorous and gothic-elegant.