ƒ LOUIS SOUTTER (Swiss, 1871-1942) AT THE BAR, 1923-1930 India ink on paper Titled twice lower right and lower centre Annotated on the back "Tonight I am writing this first letter with my left hand. I hope to succeed after a few weeks. The letter can be read by turning the page in the transparency. The usefulness of this essay is to make the brain more balanced and to give rise to new ideas. disturbing events up to now - Rabiogdonia [?] is perceptible to the new, more perfect brains" (writing reversed, left to right) India ink on paper; titled twice lower right and lower middle; annotated on the reverse 18 X 28 CM - 7 1/8 X 11 IN.PROVENANCE Collection Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, inventory no. 191 Collection of Doctor J., Switzerland EXHIBITION Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Louis Soutter, 2 February - 2 April 1990, reproduced and described on p. 128 of the exhibition catalogue BIBLIOGRAPHY Michel Thévoz, Louis Soutter: catalogue raisonné, Vol. 2, L'Âge d'homme, Institut suisse pour l'étude de l'art, Lausanne, Zürich: 1974-1975, reproduced p. 182 and described under no. 1530 p. 183