BIB_ID
318251
Accession number
MA 2592.6
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, related the illustration, near the end of part V, which shows the little prince digging in a field of flowers ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]) p. 23.
This drawing is p. 147 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 442.
11 x 8 1/2 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance
Mrs. Silvia Reinhart; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Summary
Drawing shows the little prince standing with an uncolored staff (or handle of a shovel) amidst bright streaks of watercolor.
Medium
Watercolor and graphite on onionskin paper
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