Hi Roger,
I believe you were right on clue with this one; it would certainly seem to be inspired in a medical image. Only there are all those other elements to ponder about, like its doubtless (though sort of strange) beauty, the dots on eyebrows and nose, the wounds or peeling-offs, and above all the ants swarming around the mouth. Also, I find it strangely similar to the famous Nefertiti bust. Like a combination of a medical image with an Egyptian female mummy with Nefertiti's most beautiful bust. Hmmmm sort of complicate, isn't it. And on top of all this, the drawer at the chest, like it was intended as a chest drawer!
I hope I am not going overboard with this, but it is so stimulating, isn't it.
Miguel
Nefertiti, the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten - both known for a religious revolution, in which they worshipped one god only, Aten, or the sun disc.
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Salvador Dali - Ant Face
(Drawing for the Catalogue Jacket of Dalí's Exhibition at the Alex Reid and Lefevre Gallery in London)
(gouache on black paper, 1936)
So many elements in this seemingly simple image. The texture reminds me of medical images of muscle and tissue. 
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