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Pablo Picasso, 1913
Technical Details
Medium
Pasted paper and charcoal on blue paper
Dimensions
46.7 × 62.5 cm (18.4 × 24.6 in)
Style
Synthetic Cubism / Collage
Decade
1910s
About This Work
A landmark example of Synthetic Cubist collage, this work incorporates fragments of actual newspaper, pasted paper, and charcoal drawing to depict a café table still life. The inclusion of real newspaper text introduces a new relationship between art and reality. Picasso and Braque developed this papier collé technique in 1912–1913, fundamentally changing the nature of pictorial representation.
The papier collé technique was invented by Braque in September 1912 and immediately adopted by Picasso. By incorporating real-world materials — newspapers, wallpaper, labels — into the picture plane, they challenged the fundamental distinction between representation and reality that had governed Western painting since the Renaissance.
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Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
Priceless / Not for sale
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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