Papier collé

Image:Braque fruitdish glass.jpg, papier collé and charcoal on paper, 1912, by Georges Braque.]]

Papier collé (French: pasted paper or paper cut outs) is a type of collage and collaging technique in which paper is adhered to a flat mount.{{cite book |last=Montebello|first=Philippe de|title=The Collages of Robert Motherwell|editor-last=Carmean|editor-first= E.A. Jr.|publisher=The Museum of Fine Arts|lccn=72-87521|chapter=Collage: An Introductory Note}} The difference between collage and papier collé is that the latter refers exclusively to the use of paper, while the former may incorporate other two-dimension (non-paper) components.{{cite book|title=Collage: Critical Views|last=Hoffman|first=Katherine|year=1989|publisher=UMI Research Press-University Microfilms Inc.|isbn=0-8357-1933-2|pages=5|chapter=Collage in the Twentieth Century: An Overview}} As the term papier collé is not commonly used, this type of work is often simply called collage.

Cubist painter Georges Braque, inspired by Pablo Picasso's collage method, invented the techniqueCooper, Philip. Cubism. London: Phaidon, 1995, p. 14. {{ISBN|0714832502}} and first used it in his 1912 work, Fruit Dish and Glass. Braque continued to use the technique in works such as Bottle, Newspaper, Pipe, and Glass.

Papier collé is primarily used to refer specifically to the paper collages of the Cubists.