Metamorphosis is one of the major works from the Alice in Wonderland series (1956-57). The chaos of Alice and her confrontation with identity and her new dream like work creates a vibrant subject matter, where the rabbit, the mad hatters tea and the flowering garden all become one in a play of colour and psychological tension.

This Artist's Proof is from the Masterwork Series by Charles Blackman and published by the Charles Blackman Foundation in acknowledgement of Charles Blackman's 90th birthday in 2018 in an edition of 190. The Masterworks Series was an unprecedented revival of Charles Blackman's oeuvre, gleaned from the artists powerful image making from of the late 1950s and early 1960s.