Record ID:
318264
Accession number:
MA 2592.14
Created:
New York, 1942
Credit:
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 XVII, which shows the little prince in conversation with the serpent, and is printed with the caption "Maintenant, va-t'an, dit-il... je veux redescendre!" ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]) p. 85.
This drawing is p. 154 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 460.
Summary:
Drawing shows the little prince sitting atop a tall wall, looking down. Above this scene is a second sketch, executed only in graphite, of the little prince seated. A small portion of the page (at the center of the tall wall) has been burned away, evidently by a cigarette.
Medium:
Watercolor, ink and graphite on onionskin paper
Dimensions:
11 x 8 7/16 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance:
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
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