The painting that portrays the artist's eldest daughter running on the balcony of the Balla house has a long elaboration starting from the summer of 1912. The sensation of movement is rendered thanks to the sequence of the child's steps, the repetition of the figure according to a precise rhythm determines its movement from left to right. The chunky brushstroke allows the artist not to insist with the contour line, but the composition of the figure is accomplished only with the interlocking of different colored pieces.