Louis SOUTTER (1871-1942), "Sieste (Les Sans Dieux se taisent)", Indian ink and pen on brown paper, unsigned. Drawing from the Mannerist period H. 26 x 35.4 cm From the 1930s onwards, Soutter stopped drawing in his notebooks and sketchbooks, and developed his work on larger-format paper, notably donated by his first cousin, the architect Le Corbusier. This change led to stylistic evolutions, as well as a narrowing down of the subjects he tackled. This drawing, from the so-called "Mannerist" period (1930-1937), is particularly exceptional, as it includes on its front and back the graphic styles and subjects that partly characterise this period. Julie Borgeaud Provenance: Collection H.-L. Mermod then Françoise Mermod then Catherine Clerc-de Goumöens Reference no: T2278 & Md58 inv. 177 sheet no. 58 Bibliography : Michel THEVOZ, "Louis Soutter: Catalogue de l'œuvre", Edition L'Âge d'homme, Zurich, work reproduced on page 277, ref. 2278r and 2278v. Exhibition: Catalogue of the exhibition Louis Soutter, le tremblement de la modernité, curated by Julie Borgeaud, p. 99, Fages éditions, Lyon, 2012. Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, "Louis Soutter Exhibition", Imprimerie E. RUCKSTUHL S.A., Lausanne, work referenced under number 184.