The sequel, Through the looking-glass, also underwent the same complex series of processes. The whole production process sometimes made it necessary for certain pages to pass through the printing press eight times. The book itself, both the cover and the pages, is like a silky-soft skin. In Mutel’s portrayal of Alice she is a scary full-breasted creature with spiky hair and Dracula teeth. Mutel’s edition of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland belongs to the modern ‘scary tale’ genre of nightmarish fairy tales in which children’s stories are presented as horror stories. These are no sweet children’s book illustrations. Opposite the tiny Tenniel pictures Mutel placed etchings that covered the entire page. Each one was shrouded behind a thin page of Japanese paper so that Mutel’s own illustrations initially remained invisible but those of Tenniel could be seen. They, too, were printed as copper plate engravings but then in shades to match the paper. It was Mutel himself who created the book’s 42 illustrations. In 2016 he won the prestigious 'Prix Liliane Bettencourt pour l'intelligence de la main'. A French version, Le cas étrange du Dr Jekyll et de M. Between 19 Mutel published nine artists’ books, the most successful one being the project surrounding the edition known as The strange case of Dr. In November 2013 he gained the prestigious title Maître d'art. Since 2003 he has been a lecturer at the École des Beaux-Arts in Besançon. Upon becoming fully fledged Mutel spent two years at the Académie de France à Rome, Villa Médicis (1997-1999). In 1988 Didier Mutel (1971) was taken on by the Atelier Georges Leblanc as a trainee and in 1995 Maître d’art, Pierre Lallier decided to officially take him under his wing as his pupil. The result: a colourful and extraordinary edition. The artist Didier Mutel has also made his own version of this story. The tale Alice’s adventures in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll has already appeared in many different ways.
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