Jean HUGO (1894 - 1984) Sketch of set for "Antony and Cleopatra" Wash and ink wash and gouache dedicated on the back "To Marie suave as myrrh Jean " 4 x 8 cm Framed under glass "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare, 1945, staging Jean Louis Barrault, set and costumes by Jean Hugo. "Antoine and Cleopatra, William Shakespeare, 1945, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, set and costumes by Jean Hugo, Marie Bell is Cleopatra Act V scene II: Cleopatra. - Sweet as myrrh, as subtle as the air, as tender... O Antoine! (She applies to her arm a second aspic.) Come! I am going to feed you too. Why stay any longer... [She dies]"

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