The two heads of on the right and a third on the left seems to be Negro sculpture in Africa. Picasso flatted and simplified them and gave them sharp contours such as elbows, breasts, and knees. And the three on the left have large heavily outlined eyes, ears and noses seen in profile even the face is seen in strait. The figures on the right are more angular by hatchings with colors. Their facial expression is so exaggerated and these three heads are strongly modeled by contrast with the others. Picasso used strong color such as strong blue and heavy shadow beside these three characters to stress differences with the others. And straight lines make me feel so strong even without any male figures in it. So, if there were any male figures in it, I think the emotional change is very big because straight lines is very good tools to express male’s figures and straight lines will be able to help the viewer to feel more strong feeling than before. Picasso wanted to express a full face and a profile simultaneously and I think he was also good at observing objects and catching the main point in each section. So I think his ability and his purpose created this masks.
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There's a strange theory that Picasso chose to distort these women's faces to represent the ravages of syphilis. I'm not sure if that's true, but I know that I always find this picture intriguing -- much more so, for example, than the purely cubist images. There's something about the way the soft rosy flesh tones act in contrast to the angles and the mask faces that is very visceral. What do you think this picture says about Picasso's view of women?
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