Black and White Collage
1913
Georges Braque was having a rebellious moment in 1913 when he decided to stop painting and start cutting. Along with his creative rival Picasso, he pioneered 'papier collé,' literally pasting scraps of paper onto drawings to blur the line between reality and art. Here, a dark, wood-grain-like rectangle crashes into a sheet of music, held together by sketchy charcoal lines that hint at a bottle or glass. It’s a playful deconstruction of a still life, proving that you don't need oil paints to make a masterpiece—just some scissors and a bold imagination.
- Technique
- Charcoal and cut paper collage (papier collé)
- Material
- Paper