"The Devil, 1910", 26cm x 38cm, Hahnemuhle German Etching paper 310gsm. The Devil manifests from the between the sexes (s~he is hermaphrodite) and the humans~animal interface. On the Devil's right hand we see a human head above which forms a horned figure with handsome semi-human face, perhaps Spare's, calmly looking back at us:-

Below him a human head:-

The Devil figure throws up his arms to form wings:-

His~Her pubic hair extends down towards a rather malign looking, indeterminate face. created from automatic drawing:-

In Phil Baker, Austin Osman Spare, The Life and Legend of London's Lost Artist there is a page devoted to this drawing, He notes how it includes so many features which will become so prominent in Spare's later work, animal kinship, a Grecian faces and automatic drawing. He contrasts the "hieratic dignity" of the Devil's countenance. £70