Demonic Figure
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Demonic FigureSalvador Dalí

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This drypoint etching (1968–69) from Dalí’s Illustrations for Faust shows a grotesque demon with curling horns, skeletal limbs, and a gaping mouth. Rendered with hallucinatory precision, the figure embodies the darker forces of Goethe’s tale. Dalí fuses Renaissance literary tradition with his surreal imagination, transforming evil into a distorted, nightmarish vision.