Salvador Dalí – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Plate VI (1969)

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Plate VI (1969)

Artist: Salvador Dalí
Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Plate VI
Series: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Portfolio (1969)
Year: 1969
Medium: Heliogravure in colours on Mandeure paper
Image Size: 39.4 × 26.7 cm (15 1/2 × 10 1/2 in)
Sheet Size: 43.2 × 29.2 cm (17 × 11 1/2 in)
Edition: 2,500 — this example: 1,650/2,500
Signature: Signed “Dalí / 1968” in plate
Watermark: Mandeure
Printer: Princeton University Press, New Jersey
Publisher: Maecenas Press — Random House, New York
Frame: Unframed
Type: Limited edition heliogravure — from the complete Alice portfolio

Description : Plate VI is the most atmospherically turbulent and emotionally charged image in the portfolio — a nocturnal dreamscape of swirling washes in amber, brown, blue and grey across which Wonderland’s creatures move with the urgency of a vision on the edge of waking. At the upper register, spiked black sun-burst forms erupt from warm brown washes like dark flowers or explosions; between them, a gold-trimmed masked or animal face peers outward with yellow eyes, flanked by tiny cypress trees on a distant ridge — a flash of Dalí’s native Catalan landscape transposed into Carroll’s England. At centre, a furred creature — the Cheshire Cat, barely materialised — dissolves into the atmospheric wash around it, its golden-edged form more suggestion than substance.

Below, a swirling eye rendered in fluid black calligraphic line dominates the middle register — the eye of the dream, the eye of the observer, the eye that Carroll’s narrative keeps turning back upon itself. Further below, a cloaked figure with a golden crown stands before a deep blue pool; at lower right, a golden caterpillar lies horizontal, the only grounded element in a composition entirely given over to dissolution and flux. The plate signature appears in the lower right within a crowned oval cartouche — Dalí’s most elaborate self-authentication in the portfolio, the crown and seal asserting authorial sovereignty over a world of beautiful instability.

Printed by Princeton University Press on Mandeure paper and published by Maecenas Press / Random House, New York, 1969.

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FAQ

Is this an original Dalí print?
Yes — an original heliogravure in colours on Mandeure paper, signed “Dalí / 1968” in the plate, from the 1969 Maecenas Press / Random House edition of 2,500.

What is the edition size?
2,500 impressions — this example is number 1,650.

Can I acquire the complete portfolio?
Yes — the complete set of 14 framed prints plus the first edition book is available separately. Contact us for details.

What is a heliogravure?
A photomechanical intaglio printing technique of exceptional tonal range and chromatic subtlety — one of the finest reproductive processes in the history of fine art printing.

Is the work framed?
No — sold unframed. Please contact us for framing options.

Do you ship internationally?
Yes — worldwide, with museum-grade flat packaging, full insurance, and shipment tracking.

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