premise: In their very first <mask> , Braque and Picasso draw or paint over and on the affixed paper or cloth , so that certain of the principal features of their subjects as depicted seem to thrust out into real , bas-relief space - or to be about to do so - while the rest of the subject remains imbedded in , or flat upon , the surface .
hypothesis: the proper context for <mask> here should be a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image