BIB_ID
318320
Accession number
MA 2592.27
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 sketch by Saint-Exupéry for Le petit prince related to the illustration published with the caption "Et, couché dans l'herb, il pleura" ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]) p. 73. See also the related watercolor drawing MA 2592.1.
This drawing is p. 162 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 456.
11 x 8 1/2 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Summary
Drawing shows the little prince lying on his stomach. The verso of the page also contains a smaller, lighter sketch of the little prince standing, and some watercolor marks.
Medium
Graphite on onionskin paper
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