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Auguste Herbin (1882-1960) was a leading figure in the development of geometric abstraction in Europe. He began as a Fauve, showing with Matisse and Derain at the Salon des Indépendants in 1906, and in 1909 moved to the famous Montmartre gathering place the Bateau Lavoir, where he met Picasso, Braque and Gris. By 1910, Herbin’s colorful proto-cubist works were being shown beside paintings by Leger, Gleizes, and Metzinger, and in 1918, the reknowned art dealer Léonce Rosenberg gave him a solo exhibition. In 1931, Herbin’s commitment to abstraction and non-objective art culminated in his …