Argus in Color

Salvador Dali
Argus in Color, (Argus in Couleur).1963 – 1965
ML/Argillet #116; Fields #63 – 3A.
Original etching reworked in drypoint and hand-colored on Japon paper.
Signed and numbered at the lower margins.
This artwork is sold out.

Argus was a monster with many eyes, used as a guard by the gods. Hera, the wife of Zeus, asked Argus to watch lo, Zeus’ mistress. Zeus then sent Hermes to dispatch Argus. As a tribute, Hera placed his many eyes into the tail of a peacock, her favorite bird. © The Argillet Collection.

Salvador Dali – Off The Wall Gallery Houston, Texas.