BIB_ID
318318
Accession number
MA 2592.26
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. 161 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 468.
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 winged character wearing a top hat flying over a planet; a single house, with smoke rising out of the chimney, is situated below the flying character.
Medium
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
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