Set Design: Cléopâtre

Brightly colored painting of a palace setting. Pillars, gardens, an animal statue, as well as a pyramid can be seen from the inside. The design is slightly abstracted, but still figurative.

Set Design: Cléopâtre

Description:
Set Design for Cléopâtre
Artist:
Robert Delaunay
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, metallic paint, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
H. 34.9 cm; W. 47.3 cm
Date:
ca. 1918
Inventory Number:
2007.49.35
Lender:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit:
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Image copyright© The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY