During the war, in solitude, Herbin developed his famous "plastic alphabet", the foundation of his future production, the principles of which he codified in his book L'Art non figuratif, non objectif (1949, published by Lydia Conti). His painting, with its vivid, uncluttered geometry and sharp contours, defines an aesthetic of the cut plane and the hard edge before its time (Lune, 1945).

Extract from the article by Domitille d'Orgeval published in N°110 of the magazine Art Absolument. Published on 2 July 2024

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