Jean LE ROY (1894-1918). Original drawing in graphite, pen and colored pencils, captioned Clara d'Ellébeuse, on the back of an autograph poem signed; 27 x 21 cm. (framed). Rare drawing of this poet killed at the front on June 7, 1918, friend and disciple of Jean Cocteau. Evocation of the heroine of Francis Jammes' novel Clara d'Ellébeuse ou l'histoire d'une ancienne jeune fille (1899): a young woman in fin-de-siècle costume and a large hat walks through a grove of trees, holding a bouquet of flowers; in the background, a manor house can be seen.