the first work of synthetic cubism is Picasso's Still Life with Chair-caning (1911–1912),
which includes oil cloth pasted on the canvas. at the upper left are the letters "JOU", which appear in many cubist paintings and may refer to a newspaper titled "Le Journal".
newspaper clippings were a common inclusion in this style of cubism, whereby physical pieces of newspaper, sheet music, or the like were included in the collages.