Maurice SAND (1823-1889). 3 original drawings; pen and ink wash; each approx. 10.5 x 18 cm. These drawings are part of the project to illustrate the works of Rabelais, on which Maurice Sand worked from 1841 to 1850; an important set of some sixty gouaches and drawings for Rabelais was acquired in 1997-1998 by the Médiathèque de Montpellier. Gargantua, chap. XXII: Comment Gargantua laissa la ville de Paris pour secourir son pays & comment Gymnaste rencontra les ennemis. Pantagruel, chap. XXV: Comment Panurge, Carpalim, Eusthènes et Epistemon, compaignons de Pantagruel, desconfirent six cens soixante chevaliers. The third scene is unidentified. Provenance: Christiane Smeets-Sand. George Sand exhibition. Les objets racontent son histoire (Fondation Dosne-Thiers, 1993, V, 1/6).