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Un chien et une esquisse de tigre, couchés [drawing].

BIB_ID
318209
Accession number
MA 2592.3
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.
This drawing is p. 144 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 465.

11 x 8 1/2 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance

Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.

Summary

Drawing shows a dog and a tiger, both laying down, the tiger with its front legs and claws outstretched.

Medium
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
Classification