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Artist Nola Ahola
MediumCollage
Dimensions25 x 24 1/2 in. (63.5 x 62.2 cm)
ClassificationsCollage
Credit LineSeattle Arts Commission's Artist in the City Program through CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) funds
A collage is commonly used to mean a picture that is made of bits of paper, fabric or any other material stuck to a surface.  In French the word literally means 'gluing' or 'sticking,' and was first introduced by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in 1912 during their phase of synthetic Cubism.