Framed in a robust, period-style moulding, this boldly stylised portrait is articulated through crisp contour lines and emphatic, flattened planes of colour. The sitter-rendered frontally yet with a subtly shifted profile-wears a broad-brimmed hat accented in green and blue, her copper-orange hair falling in simplified ribbons along the cheek and neck. Her features are deliberately re-ordered: an elongated nose, almond eyes set with cool detachment, and sharply defined red lips, all constructed with a graphic certainty that privileges structure over naturalism. The figure's torso is treated as a patterned, ochre-gold field, incised with rhythmic, leaf-like or herringbone markings that read as both garment and decorative surface. Arms cross decisively across the body, creating a compact, architectural mass that contrasts with the vibrant backdrop: a saturated rose-pink ground animated by repeating diamond motifs in red, white, and blue, lending the composition a tapestry-like pulse. The overall effect is one of controlled distortion and ornamental intensity-portraiture transformed into an icon, poised between intimacy and mask-like abstraction.

Dimensions: Framed: 79.5 x 69.8 cm. All measurements are approximate.

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