While it may seem an unusual juxtaposition, there is a curious synergy. In Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the association between the March Hare and time arises from the character’s perpetual living in March. Carroll utilises the notion of being trapped in a specific moment to express Wonderland’s surreal and dreamlike nature. This element further underscores the theme that time in Wonderland deviates from the real world.
A two-storey high sculpture of the March Hare graces the entrance of the Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet in the Vallée de Joux. Several more iterations of this beloved character can be found inside the museum.
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