Portrait of a young woman 2 by Pablo Picasso

This striking portrait bears witness to the major aesthetic upheavals initiated by the European avant-garde during the interwar period, characterized by a radical deconstruction of the human face. The great modernist master Picasso Pablo proposes here a deeply moving work entitled “Portrait of a young woman 2” which pushes the limits of traditional representation. Through this portrait, the artist expresses an intense psychological tension using sharp shapes. The female figure becomes the terrain of an unprecedented geometric experimentation.

The female character is represented in bust form, standing out against a neutral and solid gray background. Her face, dominated by shades of acid green and electric blue, is fragmented in a cubist manner, showing profile and face simultaneously. Her two eyes are arranged asymmetrically, one facing forward and the other in profile, under an angular nose. She wears a geometric yellow, orange, and black hat topped with a green triangle. Her brown hair falls along her neck which is striped with horizontal lines. Her clothing combines fuchsia striped patterns and dark blue flat areas dotted with colorful touches.

The artist’s technical mastery is expressed in his ability to merge perspectives to create a flat three-dimensionality. His bold use of contrasting colors and thick outline lines reveals a prodigious graphic expertise. This is a brilliant example of his plastic virtuosity.