BIB_ID
318329
Accession number
MA 2592.32
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. See also MA 2592.33.
This drawing is p. 167 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 440.
This drawing is p. 167 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 440.
7 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (184 x 215 mm)
Provenance
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Summary
Drawing shows the little prince standing in the desert, with the pilot's hand, holding a hammer, in the foreground.
Medium
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
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