Record ID:
318247
Accession number:
MA 2592.5
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 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.
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
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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