Pretentious Yet Pointless
A deep underlying meaning of this particular prototype is that it is a primary natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our spirituality. Contrasts of light and dark march across the broad scope of the sketch.
``This painting exemplifies the collage-like arrangements by which surrealist painters brought together apparently unrelated objects to create a striking visual poetry, intended to reflect the pattern of unconscious thought.''
[Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.162]