BIB_ID
318330
Accession number
MA 2592.33
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 2592.32.
This drawing is p. 168 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
N.B. There is no p. 169 of the manuscript.
Title from Lacroix, no. 439.
5 1/2 x 8 7/16 inches (139 x 214 mm)
Provenance
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Summary
Drawing shows the little prince standing with his hands on his hips 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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