This oil painting features a stylized, cubist portrait of a woman seated in a chair. Her face is presented in a complex, fragmented manner, showing both a profile and frontal view simultaneously. One eye is large and dark, while the other is more abstractly defined with a reddish hue. Her dark hair falls around her shoulders, and her hands, with distinctively painted red nails, are gracefully positioned near her face and lap, reflecting the artist's signature approach to distorting human anatomy for expressive effect.
The subject is seated in a simple, dark-framed chair set against a stark, light-colored background with subtle, vertical linear hatching. She wears a striking outfit composed of sharp geometric shapes, featuring deep blue panels and violet accents over a black bodice. Her skirt is rendered with a textured, reddish-brown grid pattern. The composition is balanced and centered, typical of a formal portrait, yet disrupted by the dynamic, non-naturalistic application of colour and form.
The colour palette is a mix of muted, neutral wall tones contrasted with intense splashes of deep blue, black, purple, and hints of warm skin tones. The lighting is flat and uniform, emphasizing the graphic quality of the brushstrokes. The overall mood is introspective and detached, showcasing the characteristic aesthetic of modern early 20th-century European art, focusing on intellectualized representations of the human figure rather than realistic depiction.