A striking example of Picasso's enduring fascination with the fragmented human face, this work presents bold, abstracted facial features rendered in thick, sculptural relief. The layered, textured surface gives the composition a powerful three-dimensionality, blurring the boundary between painting and sculpture in a manner characteristic of the artist's later experimental works. Picasso's signature cubist vocabulary is evident in the geometric distortion and simultaneous presentation of multiple perspectives within a single, unified visage.