Robert POUGHEON (Paris, 1886 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1955) Study for a figure from Les Captives Pen and Indian ink, white highlights on pencil line and stump Without frame 33.0 x 26.0 cm Provenance: Galerie Pierre Gaubert, Paris ; Acquired from the latter by the current owner on 29 March 1988 Our drawing is a study for one of the two figures in the painting Les Captives, which was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1932, made into a tapestry at the Ecole Nationale d'Aubusson in 1933 and is now in the Musée André Malraux in Le Havre (inv. 76.36). Also included: . Robert POUGHEON, Etude de nu féminin accroupi les bras levés (Study of a crouching female nude with her arms raised), black pencil and stump, set to square, bears the stamp of the Marie-Madeleine Aubrun collection (L.3508) lower right, 32.5 x 25.5 cm, unframed. Provenance : Galerie Coligny, Paris; Acquired from the latter by the current owner in 1999. Our drawing is probably a study for an unfinished composition, of which there is a sketch dated around 1932 in the André Malraux Museum in Le Havre. Set of 2 drawings We would like to thank Mr Louis Deltour for his kind confirmation of the authenticity of these drawings, and for his help in writing these notes, in an email dated 13 January 2025. Robert POUGHEON (Paris, 1886 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1955) 33.0 x 26.0 cm Our drawing is a study for one of the two figures in the painting Les Captives, presented at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1932, made into a tapestry at the Ecole Nationale d'Aubusson in 1933 and now in the Musée André Malraux in Le Havre (inv. 76.36). Also included: . Robert POUGHEON, Etude de nu féminin accroupi les bras levés (Study of a crouching female nude with her arms raised), black pencil and stump, set to square, bears the stamp of the Marie-Madeleine Aubrun collection (L.3508) lower right, 32.5 x 25.5 cm, unframed. Provenance : Galerie Coligny, Paris ; Acquired from the latter by the current owner in 1999 Our drawing is probably a study for an unfinished composition, of which there is a sketch dated around 1932 in the André Malraux Museum in Le Havre. Set of 2 drawings We would like to thank Mr Louis Deltour for his kind confirmation of the authenticity of these drawings, and for his help in writing these notes, in an email dated 13 January 2025.