October 14, 2022 through February 5, 2023
The Morgan holds the original manuscript and art for one of the world’s most widely read and cherished books, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince (1943). Writing in exile during the second World War, Saint-Exupéry distilled his experience as a pilot into the unforgettable fictive landscape of The Little Prince—a world of wise creatures, headstrong plants, and lovely, lonesome deserts.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. "Le petit prince survolant une planète avec montagnes et fleuve." [New York, 1942]. MA 2592.34.