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.
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