Le petit prince et la main du pilote tenant un marteau Drawing

Record ID: 
318329
Accession number: 
MA 2592.32
Author: 
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944.
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. 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.

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
Dimensions: 
7 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (184 x 215 mm)
Provenance: 
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Classification: