Late 20th Century Eyehole Peepers | Mixed Media Surrealist Sculpture

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Artist: Unknown
Date: Mid-to-Late 20th Century
Medium: Mixed Media Sculpture (painted plaster/compound, wood, and composite materials)
Style/Movement: Folk Art / … Read more Artist: Unknown
Date: Mid-to-Late 20th Century
Medium: Mixed Media Sculpture (painted plaster/compound, wood, and composite materials)
Style/Movement: Folk Art / Outsider Art / Surrealist Figurative
Dimensions: 8" W x 8" D x 8.5" H

An imaginative and highly unusual mixed-media sculpture built as a faux "encased bust," appearing as though a stone or earthen form is breaking through a tattered, boxlike shell. Two stylized, cartoonish faces peer through carved eyeholes-one human, one primate-creating a tense, humorous, and faintly uncanny tableau. The outer "box" is painted in mottled reds and browns, mimicking torn fabric or scorched leather, while the interior sculpted stonework is modeled with rough, organic textures. The piece reads simultaneously as folk art, theatrical prop, and surreal commentary-its handmade quality and eccentric construction suggesting an outsider-art sensibility rather than studio fabrication. See less