In synthetic cubist works, such as artists constructed paintings and drawings from objects and shapes cut from paper or other materials.

In cubism (an art movement), first phase is analytic cubism and second phase is synthetic cubism. In synthetic cubist works, such as three musicians, artists constructed paintings and drawings from objects and shapes cut from paper or other materials. Three musicians was created in 1921 by Pablo Picasso, who was a Spanish artist and this artwork is placed in museum of modern art, New York.