Demonic FigureSalvador Dali

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.