Alice Illustrated Around the World

Front cover with Alice holding two halves of two masks over her eyes, with one mask of a cat and one of a mouse. A red flower grows out of the top of her head.

French illustrated page of a green caterpillar with a man's face smoking a hookah on a mushroom.

March Hare, Matter, and Dormouse at the end of a long table while Alice whispers into a teapot handle shaped like an ear.

Abstract illustration of a blue Cheshire Cat holding a key and Alice entering a door through its ear.

Alice in a swimsuit in the arms of a giant lobster.

The King and Queen of Hearts and a row of animals look down from a raised platform at Alice, who is standing on a tart and lifting up her skirts to show them her bottom.

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Alice au Pays des Merveilles.

Translated into French by Jacques Papy.

Illustrated by Alain Gauthier.

Paris: Rageout-Editeur, 1991.

Gauthier’s full-color enigmatic, surrealistic, and somewhat erotic illustrations have a naïve and almost shocking feel in this unusual edition.

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In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Maryland will host the exhibition Alice 150 Years and Counting…The Legacy of Lewis Carroll: Selections from the Collection of August and Clare Imholtz.

This exhibition explores Lewis Carroll’s works and lasting legacy by showcasing how artists and illustrators from Tenniel to today have envisioned the Alice books. It highlights numerous foreign language illustrated editions, artistic bindings, unusual ephemera, and the role of Alice in popular culture over the past 150 years.

Alice 150 Years and Counting will be on display from October 2015-July 2016.

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