BIB_ID
318257
Accession number
MA 2592.10
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 the illustration for part XIII, which shows the businessman seated at a desk ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]) p. 46.
This drawing is p. 151of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 480.
This drawing is p. 151of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 480.
11 x 8 3/8 inches (279 x 214 mm)
Provenance
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Summary
Drawing shows a businessman in a pink suit and glasses seated at a low table with an open book; five pink flowers grow on the planet, which is surrounded by four stars and a sun.
Medium
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
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