Salvador Dalí
Venus in Furs – Winged Demon (Le Démon Ailé), 1969.
ML/Argillet #371; Fields # 68-6 I
Original hand-colored copper etching on Arches paper
Hand-signed and numbered at the lower margins.

Winged Demon (Le Démon Ailé) (1969) is an original hand-colored copper etching by Salvador Dalí from the celebrated Venus in Furs portfolio. Inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s influential novel, the series was published by Pierre Argillet, Dalí’s trusted publisher, close friend, and collaborator for more than five decades. In Winged Demon, Dalí transforms a mythical winged figure into a surreal meditation on temptation, desire, transformation, and the hidden forces of the subconscious. Executed with remarkable precision and hand-colored to enhance its expressive depth, this hand-signed and numbered etching exemplifies the poetic imagination and technical brilliance that define the Dalí-Argillet editions.

Venus in Furs Series: 20 original drypoint etchings with roulette, of which 16 are 15 x 11 inches, and 4 are vignettes. Published in 1969.
Edition size: 1-150 signed and numbered on Arches and 1-145 on Japanese paper. Vignettes etching edition size 1-100 signed and numbered on Japanese paper.

Salvador Dali, The Argillet Collection –  Off The Wall Gallery, Houston, Texas.