Record ID:
318245
Accession number:
MA 2592.4
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 that illustrating part XII, which begins "La planète suivante était habitée par un buveur" ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]) p. 44.
This drawing is p. 145 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 479.
Summary:
Drawing shows a man (the "tippler") seated at a low table holding a bottle and a glass; he is situated on a planet and surrounded by three stars.
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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