BIB_ID
318324
Accession number
MA 2592.30
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 to an illustration for part VI, which shows the little prince watching the sunset ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]) p. 26.
This drawing is p. 165 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 451.
This drawing is p. 165 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 451.
11 x 8 7/16 inches (279 x 214 mm)
Provenance
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Summary
Drawing shows the little prince on his planet, holding a pick while seated in a chair with his back to the viewer and watching the sunset; two volcanoes and some flowers and baobab saplings are arranged over the rest of the planet's surface.
Medium
Ink on onionskin paper
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