This striking black and white portrait features bold geometric stripes that fragment and intersect across the subject. White bands of varying widths cut horizontally and diagonally across a black silhouette against a light gray background. The composition is dominated by sharp contrasts between light and shadow, with the eyes and lips rendered in careful detail amid the abstract pattern. The title "stripped No. 5" plays on both the visual pattern and perhaps a metaphorical unveiling or deconstruction. The clean lines and dramatic contrast create a powerful interplay between representation and abstraction.