BIB_ID
318271
Accession number
MA 2592.17
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 an illustration for part V, which shows the little prince on a planet overtaken by three baobab trees, and is printed with the caption "Les baobabs" ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]) p. 25.
This drawing is p. 157 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 447.
This drawing is p. 157 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 447.
11 x 8 7/16 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Summary
Drawing shows a the little prince standing atop a planet being overtaken by a single baobab tree.
Medium
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
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