BIB_ID
318255
Accession number
MA 2592.9
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. The character of the butterfly hunter does not appear in the tale.
This drawing is p. 150 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 486.
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 butterfly hunter on his planet, chasing after a butterfly with a net; four flowers grow on the planet and a butterfly trap is suspended over one of them; a hut is situated on the lower left side of the planet, which is surrounded by six stars and a yellow moon.
Medium
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
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