
BIB_ID
318254
Accession number
MA 2592.8
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.
This drawing is p. 149 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 478.
11 x 8 1/2 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Machine made wove paper, Esleeck / Fidelity Onion Skin, made in U.S.A.
Provenance
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Summary
Drawing shows the little prince standing and facing a bearded person who is wearing a hat and reaching out his left arm.
Medium
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
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