BIB_ID
318324
Accession number
MA 2592.30
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 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.
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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