Bust of a Woman with Hand Raised (Buste de femme à la main levée) 1906

This is Picasso's 'Bust of a Woman with Hand Raised', and it looks like a print - a kind of transfer of an image. Here, it feels like he's embracing the process, letting the textures and imperfections of the material speak. Look at the woman's face – it's not about smooth, realistic depiction. Instead, it's a patchwork of marks, almost crude in their directness. There's a real physicality to the way the ink sits on the page, creating a surface that's both rough and delicate. See the hand raised near her face? It's almost abstracted, more like a gesture than a detailed form, yet it adds so much to the emotion. This piece reminds me a little of Kirchner – that same willingness to let the raw energy of the mark carry the emotional weight. It feels like Picasso is showing us not just what he sees, but how he sees it.