Painting description

In the foreground lies a woman in a red-and-white headscarf, hair like dark ribbons, a soft sheen. Her skin has a warm amber tone, in contrast with a graphite dress and a background of cylinders and curving arches. The lady is sad and has long hair. The composition runs diagonally; the shoulders make a frame for a face sinking into contemplation. The mood is quiet and slow, a bit melancholic, like an evening after a storm; everything flows languidly. You can see an Art Nouveau gesture and cubist-tinged simplifications, smooth glazes, soft gradations of light. The fabric flickers with a checkered pattern, shapes dance, lines ripple and disappear—oh, it makes you dizzy. To me it’s an image of waiting, a moment between words, seemingly close to people yet apart, and it stings the heart.