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Le petit prince casqué, sur un monticule [drawing].

BIB_ID
318261
Accession number
MA 2592.11
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. 151B of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 449.

11 x 8 7/16 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance

Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.

Summary

Drawing shows the little prince wearing a hat with ear-flaps and standing with his hands on his hips atop a tall mound on an empty planet, which is surrounded by three stars.

Medium
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
Classification