Record ID:
318328
Accession number:
MA 2592.31
Created:
New York, 1942
Credit:
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 XX, which shows the little prince standing on a high peak and is printed with the caption "Cette planète est toute sèche, et toute pointue et toute salée." ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]) p. 65.
This drawing is p. 166 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 453.
Summary:
Drawing shows the little prince standing, with his back to the viewer, on a hillside and gazing at a landscape of mountains.
Medium:
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
Dimensions:
11 x 8 1/2 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance:
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
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