Record ID:
318330
Accession number:
MA 2592.33
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 2592.32.
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.
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
Dimensions:
5 1/2 x 8 7/16 inches (139 x 214 mm)
Provenance:
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
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