One of Picasso’s Lesser-Known Mediums: Cut Paper

Pablo Picasso created cut-paper works through his long career, from his first cut papers made in 1890 at nine years of age, through the 1960s, with works he made while in his 80s. Although Picasso rarely sold or exhibited his cut papers during his lifetime, he signed, dated and archived them just as he did all his works. They were part of a more private studio practice, created as independent works of art or in relation to works in other mediums, but also as models for his fabricators and as gifts or games for family and friends.