Un chien et une esquisse de tigre, couchés Drawing

Record ID: 
318209
Accession number: 
MA 2592.3
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.
This drawing is p. 144 of the autograph manuscript of Le petit prince (MA 2592). See related record for more information.
Title from Lacroix, no. 465.

Summary: 

Drawing shows a dog and a tiger, both laying down, the tiger with its front legs and claws outstretched.

Medium: 
Watercolor and ink on onionskin paper
Dimensions: 
11 x 8 1/2 inches (279 x 215 mm)
Provenance: 
Mrs. Silvia Reinhardt; purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 1968.
Classification: