Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jeune Fille Devant Un Miroir

The drawing depicts a stylized bouquet of flowers held by two hands.

In the center, the colorful flowers 'explode' with vibrant hues. It can be observed that the primary colors—red, blue, and yellow—are predominant.

A very simple drawing, almost childish, certainly not refined, yet particularly evocative, capable of expressing with few lines a sense of hope and peace. In the complexity of the drawing, Picasso seems to want to replace creativity, immediacy, and simplicity of the stroke, to highlight the freshness of the image and its message.

He himself will say about his style: “When I was a child, I knew how to paint like Raphael, but it took me a whole lifetime to learn how to draw like a child (with their creative freedom).”

The simplicity and the non-academic style of the drawing become more evident if one observes the details.

The bouquet is held between two hands. Two right hands. They are two people exchanging this gift in the encounter. Both give, both receive.

Men and women together, young or adult, without racial connotations.

But even two imprecise, disproportionate hands.

A few hands that seem to cling to what appears to be a 'tree of life,' blooming at the meeting of two people.