BIB_ID
318245
Accession number
MA 2592.4
Creator
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944.
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 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.
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.
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 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
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