Book, Alice's adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Salvador Dalí, New York: Maecenas Press, Random House, 1969.

1 portfolio, 150 pages, with 12 illustrations (etchings, heliogravures) included in the pagination. Collation, including blank bifolia: [4], 150, [12] pages.
This copy is number 1899 out of 2500; signed by the artist on title page.
Issued loose in gatherings.
Issued in limp brown cloth portfolio, with facsimile of artist's signature "Dalí" stamped in gold on upper cover. In cream cloth-covered clamshell box lined in matching brown cloth, secured with two orange leather loops and orange leather and bone toggle sticks; orange leather spine, with author, title, and artist stamped in gold: "Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Dali."
Colophon: '2500 portfolios, numbered 1 to 2500, were printed on Mandeure paper. Each portfolio is signed on the frontispiece by the artist. Each portfolio contains 12 illustrations with an original remarque on each of these illustrations. One original colored etching signed in the plate is opposite the frontispiece ...'.
'For this limited edition ... the etching and remarques were printed by Ateliers Rigal. The twelve illustrations were printed by M. Nourisson. The typography was set at the press of Ateliers Rigal. Portfolios by Cartonnages Adine ...'.
Still in its original shipping box addressed to its first owner.

Purchased with the support of Mark and Catherine Richards.

This copy is number 1899 out of 2500.
Bought in 1969 by Ronald M. Oppenheimer, London (see labels on original shipping box); sold by his widow to Thomas Heneage Art Books, London; purchased from Heneage by the museum in December 2021, with the support of Mark and Catherine Richards.

In 1969, Salvador Dalí was commissioned by Random House to illustrate an edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This edition epitomises the fascination Surrealist artists had with Lewis Carroll’s work. Dalí utilises several of his familiar motifs, including the melting clock and the femme-enfant with the skipping rope, to redefine Carroll’s story as a journey through the subconscious.

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