Francis GRUBER (1912-1948) La Belle Dorothée, 1945 Ink on tracing paper. Signed and dated lower left. 30 x 23 cm Our work is the preparatory drawing for the illustration of Charles Baudelaire's Spleen de Paris, published in 1954 by Éditions du Grenier à Sel. We thank Mrs. Catherine Gruber Bernad, the artist's daughter, for the information she provided.