inspired by the cracks on the tiles of the walls of the Denfert-Rochreau metro station in Paris, by the peculiar way in which glass breaks, and by the seemingly haphazard manner in which the waves have shaped and arranged the pebbles at the Belle-Isle-sur-Mer Beachs, these works from the 1940's, early and mid 50's , compose the first coherent and identifiable set of abstract works by the artist.
These three oeriods, though still lyrical in style, are marked by a rigorous geometrical approach.