BIB_ID
318205
Accession number
MA 2592.1
Creator
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944.
Display Date
New York, 1942
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Description
1 drawing
Notes
A preparatory watercolor drawing by Saint-Exupéry for Le petit prince related to the illustration published with the caption "Et, couché dans l'herb, il pleura" ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]) p. 73. See also MA 2592.27.
This drawing is p. 142 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 455.
11 x 8 1/2 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Summary
Drawing shows the little prince laying on the ground on his stomach in front of a tree trunk and five pink flowers.
Medium
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
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