DALI'S ICONIC ILLUSTRATIONS FOR LEWIS CARROLL'S ALICE IN WONDERLAND - ONE OF ONLY 2500 EXAMPLES, HERE SIGNED BY SALVADOR DALI TO THE TITLE PAGE. RARE.
The rare complete set of one etching in colors and 12 heliogravures with woodcut remarque on Mandeure paper, all loose as issued, with title page, text and justification, signed in pencil on the title page in truly fine condition.
An exceptional example - these always cause a stir when they arrive on the market!
To have a complete set with the original brown silk chemise and the leather-backed case is extraoridinaly rare as most of the loose illustrations have been framed by collectors over the years.
“Dalí’s images have become icons of the fantastic, signposts (not maps) that point the way inward to that realm” (Clute & Grant, 246). This magnificent production, printed on Mandeure paper, contains an original three-color etching as a frontispiece and 12 striking full-page color photogravures (heliogravures) after Dali’s original gouache paintings (Michler & Löpsinger).
Signed limited edition (first edition thus). Folio. Size: 18 ½ x 13 x 2 ¾ in. (470 x 330 x 70 mm.) Signed in pencil on the title page by Salvador Dali. With he original brown silk chemise with Dali written in gilt and the original leather-backed case. A fine example
Published by Maecenas Press & Random House, New York, 1969.
