BIB_ID
318247
Accession number
MA 2592.5
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 the end of part XV, which closes "Et le petit prince s'en fut, songeant à sa fleur" ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]) p. 57.
This drawing is p. 146 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 452.
This drawing is p. 146 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 452.
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 standing in the desert with some cacti and bones before him; the dunes stretch into the distance and the hot sun beats down on the scene.
Medium
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
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