René-Georges HERMANN dit HERMANN-PAUL (1874 -1940) Uncle Sam in France Ink and charcoal. Monogrammed lower right. 22 x 18 cm This drawing was published in the weekly Candide and captioned "- Yes monsieur Boche, the château, the factory, the village, everything is mine. - It was well worth the war! Hermann-Paul's drawings published in Candide in the 1920s provoked violent polemics, including those of philosopher Denis de Rougemont, who described them as "utterly repugnant imbecility".