Sketch for De quel amour (By What Love)
1969
Ink on paper
5 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.
Ariane, ma soeur, de quel amour blessée
Vous mourûtes aux bords où vous fûtes laissée!
Ariadne, my sister, wounded by what love,
You died on the shore where you were abandoned.
– Jean Baptiste Racine, from Phèdra, Act I, Scene 3 (1677)