The painting shows the bust of a young woman in three-quarter profile, turned towards the right of the painting and in front of a dark, neutral background. The young woman is leaning her sleepy face on the hand of her bent arm. Her bare right shoulder is draped with a light dress cut in the fashion of the twenties. Her neck is adorned with a pearl necklace, and on her head she carries a red cap in the form of a turban.