Méret Oppenheim
(1913 - 1985)

Meret (or Méret) Elisabeth Oppenheim was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Méret_Oppenheim

Steinfrau (Stone Woman)
1938
Oil on cardboard
37 x 52 cm
Private collection
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5368

This painting draws directly from a photograph taken by the artist ManRay in 1933, elaborating on his figurelike arrangement of pebbles by partially emerging them in water, where they sprout legs clad in a pair of socks and Mary Jane shoes.