Francis GRUBER (1912 - 1948) Les Cadavres, 1946 Pencil. Signed and dated lower left. 48 x 63 cm Provenance : Sale by Me Guy Loudmer, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 13, 1982 (label on back). Bibliography : - Abadie Daniel, Goldberg Itzhak, Mantopoulos Muriel et al, Francis Gruber. L'œil à vif, Lyon, Fage, 2009, reproduced on p. 64: Étude pour Les Cadavres, 1946. Graphite. 50 x 64 cm. Private collection. - Francis Gruber 1912-1948, Paris, November 5 1976 - January 5 1977, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, catalog, reproduced: Les Cadavres, 1946. Our work is probably a preparatory study for an oil on canvas by Francis Gruber, Les Otages, 1946, signed and dated lower left "1946/F Gruber", 81 x 100 cm, Artcurial sale, December 9, 2020, no. 328.