Color lithograph (offset/artistic) on high-grade Arches paper, 45 x 59 cm in light passe-partout 56 x 71 cm, piece number 176 from a closed series of 500 pieces, hand-numbered, facsimile of the Author's signature.
On the back there is an editorial note confirming the authenticity of the series: "Reproduced in a limited editions of 500 Bearing a facsimile signature". Publisher: Demart Pro Arte (Switzerland)
This work is the quintessential "Dalinian" universe - a combination of elegance, biological fascination and daydreaming, a great example of Salvador Dalí's surreal imagination. This work exudes the artist's characteristic oneirism and fascination with metamorphosis.
This painting combines two of Dalí's favorite motifs: butterflies and female figures resembling Spanish infanta girls (a reference to the work of Velázquez, whom Dalí adored). The butterfly in Dalí's work symbolizes transience, the transformation of the soul, but also the fragility of life. Here, the women's dresses become wings, suggesting that the figures are in the process of transformation or are beings not of this world. The empty, endless plain and the long shadows are classic elements of the "Dalinian landscape" to create an atmosphere of anxiety and nostalgia. This motif has appeared in Dali's work in various forms since the 1940s and 1950s , often as costume designs or fashion illustrations.
