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Henri-Paul Royer (1869-1938). Set of eleven pencil...

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Henri-Paul Royer (1869-1938). Set of eleven pencil drawings on paper, including: - Four portraits of Alsatian women, one annotated "smile Mademoiselle, think of your godson, ah! his name is Paul, he's coming on leave, I promise much happiness. - He's a marshal! - No, he's in the artillery", another signed at top right; - Two draft posters: one for Hôpital St-Fuscien, dated 1915 and signed; the second "Pour la vie: ligue pour le relèvement de la natalité française et la défense des familles nombreuses", annotated, located and signed lower right; - Three First World War soldier portraits, one annotated "un pépère, qui s'en fait pas et qui part en permis", another monogrammed ; - A flag; - A woman with her arm raised. Largest: 47.5 x 31 cm Smallest: 15.7 x 22 cm (Tears, folds, wear, traces of hanging and foxing) An engraving and a reproduction are included.