Lucien COUTAUD (1904 - 1977) Souvenir de la guerre de 39, 1939 Ink. Signed and dated lower left. 25.5 x 36 cm Provenance : - Sale Atelier Lucien Coutaud, Arcole, Étude Gros - Delettrez, Drouot - Montaigne, December 11, 1990. - Sale by Me Boisgirard, April 12, 2002, no. 80. We would like to thank Dr. Jean Binder for the information he provided. On November 18, 1939, Lucien Coutaud was mobilized and posted to the East of France, then hospitalized in Angoulème, before returning to Paris. Due to health problems, he was discharged on December 14. The drawing made during this period shows a soldier caught in a rat trap.