Record ID:
318205
Accession number:
MA 2592.1
Created:
New York, 1942
Credit:
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.
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
Dimensions:
11 x 8 1/2 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance:
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
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