The woman in Asleeep, painted in 1932, is again Marie Therese, Picasso's mistress. The two colors red and green are so bold and intense that they accentuate the tranquility of Marie Therese while sleeping. Like the women in Picasso's neoclassical period, Marie does not have any "expression or character" written on her face. Instead, her face is almost unpleasantly sizable and unchanging, which is how the women were portrayed during that period of Picasso's painting.

The black lining around the woman is like the black binding of subjects during the Fauvism movement. To the right is a painting by Charles Camoin entitled La Petite Lina. The subject's purple clothing and hat are outlined with a subtle dark line, much like Marie.

Notice Marie's hands. Her claw-like features give her an "animalistic primitivism," which is a belief in the simpleness and unsophistication of life. However, Picasso's delicate and elegant lyricism contrasts her unattractive quality. This theme of beauty and ugliness intrigued Picasso, and he depicted it in many of his other paintings.

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"Asleep"
"La Petite Lima"
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