
Pregnant Eye Head I from The Exquisite Corpse
A grotesque yet meticulously rendered figure emerges from the collaborative imagination of Jake and Dinos Chapman, depicting a distorted human form crowned with a bulbous, eye-laden head that suggests themes of bodily mutation and surrealist horror. Executed in etching and watercolor on paper, the work combines precise, fine-line draftsmanship with delicate washes of color, heightening the unsettling tension between technical refinement and visceral subject matter. Part of the larger series *The Exquisite Corpse*, the piece draws on the Surrealist parlor game tradition to explore fragmented identity, transformation, and the transgressive possibilities of the human body.
- Medium
- etching and watercolor on paper
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
September 19, 2013
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