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Sep302013

Abstraction-Création

DateMonday, September 30, 2013 at 11:12AM

Auguste Herbin - Jour (Day) - 1953 - Gouache on paper - 13 1/8 x 10 1/2" (33.4 x 26.6 cm) - Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) - New YorkAbstraction-Création was a group of abstract artists based in Paris from 1931-1936. Their goal was to revive abstract art--which had seen a decline in the late 1920s. One of their member was Auguste Herbin (1882-1960) who was a marvelous draftsman, as well as a keen practitioner of Cubism. His studio was situated directly next to Braque's and Picasso's, which afforded him a close study of their Cubist experiments. Herbin bridged modern movements through his keen understanding of them--and his fine talents 

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