Philippe SOUPAULT (1897-1990). Original pen drawing, dated lower left, September 5, 1948; 21.5 x 28 cm (framed). Automatic ink drawing Reproduced in a suite of nine drawings (this one no. 3), numbered I to XXV, included with the 25 first copies of Mémoires de l'oubli 1914-1923 (Paris, Lachenal & Ritter, 1981); and as a cul-de-lampe in the book. A proof of this drawing, and another of the September 11, 1948 drawing, signed by Philippe Soupault, is included. Former Lydie Lachenal collection (Ader sale, Philippe Soupault, le surréalisme et quelques amis, March 21, 2007, no. 388).