BIB_ID
318333
Accession number
MA 2592.35
Creator
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944.
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Description
1 drawing
Notes
A preparatory sketch by Saint-Exupéry for Le petit prince, related to the illustration for part XXVI, which shows the little prince seated in the same manner on a hill with a single flower ([Paris]: Gallimard, c1946 [1967 impression]), p. 90.
This drawing is p. 171 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 459.
This drawing is p. 171 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 459.
11 x 8 1/2 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Summary
Drawing shows two sketches of the little prince seated with his legs crossed.
Medium
Graphite on onionskin paper
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