In this work—one of the earliest by the artist to include cut-and-pasted paper—Picasso incorporated commercially printed material with handmade simulations of faux bois paper and sheet music, imitating their commonplace qualities through his own artistry. Picasso later explained his attitude toward compositions like Guitar and Sheet Music, remarking that "it would suffice to cut them out—the colors are only the indications of different perspectives, of planes inclined from one side or the other—then assemble them according to the indications given by the color, in order to find oneself in the presence of sculpture."
