Untitled illustration by Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer’s contorted, conjoined mannequin sculptures and slow, tense photographs of the same were the inclusion that gripped me tightest at the Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design exhibition I saw at the V&A in 2007; they packed enough sex, anger and promise that he has occupied a place amongst my favourite surrealists since.

This illustration pairs his unmistakable flair for subverted human form with a beautiful segment of skin, stone and colour which calls to mind another master of form (albeit through sheer grace rather than erotic force): Henry Moore.